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Jyutping ji6 ze2 bit1 geoi1 kei4 jat1
Pinyin èr zhě bì jū qí yī

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    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。
      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。
      nǐ shì zī chǎn jiē jí wén yì jiā , nǐ jiù bù gē sòng wú chǎn jiē jí ér gē sòng zī chǎn jiē jí ; nǐ shì wú chǎn jiē jí wén yì jiā , nǐ jiù bù gē sòng zī chǎn jiē jí ér gē sòng wú chǎn jiē jí hé láo dòng rén mín : èr zhě bì jū qí yī .
      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.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    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。
    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。
    nǐ shì zī chǎn jiē jí wén yì jiā , nǐ jiù bù gē sòng wú chǎn jiē jí ér gē sòng zī chǎn jiē jí ; nǐ shì wú chǎn jiē jí wén yì jiā , nǐ jiù bù gē sòng zī chǎn jiē jí ér gē sòng wú chǎn jiē jí hé láo dòng rén mín : èr zhě bì jū qí yī .
    • 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.