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両りょうてんびん
Meanings
Noun
1. two alternatives
Alt. forms
両りょう天てん秤びん
両りょうてんびん
Kanji used
両
both
Pitch accent
りょ
うて
んびん
りょ
うてんびん
りょ
うてんび
ん
Used in: 6
Composed of
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow