二者必居其一
Chinese
two ‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth) certainly; must; will; necessarilyreside his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)simp. and trad.
(二者必居其一)二 者 必 居 其 一
Pronunciation
Idiom
二者必居其一
- it must be one or the other
- 你是資產階級文藝家,你就不歌頌無產階級而歌頌資產階級;你是無產階級文藝家,你就不歌頌資產階級而歌頌無產階級和勞動人民:二者必居其一。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Nǐ shì zīchǎn jiējí wényìjiā, nǐ jiù bù gēsòng wúchǎn jiējí ér gēsòng zīchǎn jiējí; nǐ shì wúchǎn jiējí wényìjiā, nǐ jiù bù gēsòng zīchǎn jiējí ér gēsòng wúchǎn jiējí hé láodòng rénmín: èrzhě bì jū qí yī. [Pinyin]
- If you are a bourgeois writer or artist, you will eulogize not the proletariat but the bourgeoisie, and if you are a proletarian writer or artist, you will eulogize not the bourgeoisie but the proletariat and working people: it must be one or the other.
你是资产阶级文艺家,你就不歌颂无产阶级而歌颂资产阶级;你是无产阶级文艺家,你就不歌颂资产阶级而歌颂无产阶级和劳动人民:二者必居其一。 [MSC, simp.]