Can you have both fish and bear s paws?

There is a saying that "the smallest happiness is all around us, and easy satisfaction is heaven." I think it can be explained, satisfied.

No, from Mencius's "Fish I Want Chapter". Fish, I want, bear's paw, I also want; You can't have both, and you can't have both, and those who give up the fish and take the bear's paw are also. Life, also what I want, righteousness, also what I want; You can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also.

Mencius used an analogy of specific things that people are familiar with in life: fish is what I want, and bear's paw is also what I want, and in the case that the two cannot be obtained at the same time, I would rather give up the fish and have the bear's paw; Life is what I cherish, and righteousness is also what I cherish, and in the case that the two cannot be obtained at the same time, I would rather give up my life in favor of righteousness. Here, Mencius compares life to a fish and righteousness to a bear's paw, arguing that righteousness is more precious than life just as a bear's paw is more precious than a fish.

It's just that the proverb is not an idiom.

Brother, you misunderstood the meaning of this sentence! "You can't have both fish and bear's paws" is an assumption, and the word "ruo" is omitted from the front of ancient Chinese. According to the modern Chinese translation, it is:

If you can't get both the fish and the bear's paw, which one will you choose? If you are simply asking "can you have both fish and bear's paws", then you can first take a look at the current questions that are also in front of us: 1

It seems that you can buy fish with money (but sharks and whales are also a bit difficult, and there are many nationally protected animals). 2.If you want to eat bear paws, you have to exchange your life (bears are national first-class protected animals, and if you dare to kill bears, you have to fight your life.)

Even if the country can't, you have to catch the bear yourself, maybe the bear paw won't be eaten and the bear will be slapped to death! Brother, precious! ）。

3.Hunting and killing nationally protected animals is a crime. Now, do you think you can have both?

If you don't like fish, you can't eat bears, do you think you can have both?

Yes. Don't misinterpret Mencius. He is saying that if he can only choose one of the two, he will sacrifice his life for righteousness.

You can have both, and if you can have both, it's a perfect result.

If you don't take too many fish, you might be able to lift a bear's paw.

Find a bear that can catch fish.