一条扁担挑两桶水，哪头也不落空一條扁擔挑兩桶水，哪頭也不落空一條扁擔挑兩桶水，哪頭也不落空

a carrying pole with two buckets of water: neither end is empty

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Says both matters or both sides are taken care of, so nothing is left unsettled. Approving.

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Simplified: 一条扁担挑两桶水，哪头也不落空
Traditional (Taiwan): 一條扁擔挑兩桶水，哪頭也不落空
Pinyin: yìtiáo biǎndan tiāo liǎng tǒng shuǐ, nǎ tóu yě bú luòkōng
Bopomofo: ㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄉㄢㄊㄧㄠㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ，ㄋㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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