又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草

Traditional form:

又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草

Pinyin (reading):

yòuyàomǎrpǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo

Definitions:

• lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
• fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too

Characters:

• 又 - and, also, again, in addition
• 要 - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
• 马 - horse; surname
• 儿 - son, child
• 跑 - to run, to flee, to escape
• 又 - and, also, again, in addition
• 要 - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
• 马 - horse; surname
• 儿 - son, child
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch

Traditional characters:

• 又 - and, also, again, in addition
• 要 - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
• 馬 - horse; surname
• 兒 - son, child
• 跑 - to run, to flee, to escape
• 又 - and, also, again, in addition
• 要 - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
• 馬 - horse; surname
• 兒 - son, child
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch