yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
Traditional: 又想當婊子又想立牌坊
又想当婊子又想立牌坊 (yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom); fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation; to want to have one's cake and eat it too”.
Meanings
- 1lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
- 2fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
- 3to want to have one's cake and eat it too