One merit and two demerits(gōng yī měi èr)

One merit and two demerits

Gong Yi Mei Er, a Chinese idiom, is g ō ngy ī m ě I è r in pinyin, which means to do one thing and get two good names. It comes from Shi Zheng, a chronicle of people.

Notes on Idioms

Merit: merit. Do one thing and get two good names.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Shao, Wei of the Three Kingdoms, wrote: "the gentleman knows that he will benefit from the loss, so he has one merit and two beauties."

Chinese PinYin : gōng yī měi èr