双管齐下

Traditional form:

雙管齊下

Pinyin (reading):

shuāngguǎnqíxià

Definitions:

• lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time
• to attack one problem from two angles at the same time

Characters:

• 双 - pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
• 管 - tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
• 齐 - even, uniform, of equal length
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next

Traditional characters:

• 雙 - pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
• 管 - tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
• 齊 - even, uniform, of equal length
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next