Jiànkāng shì wǒ xiǎng yào de, cáifù yì wǒ suǒ yù yě, dàn bùkě jiāndé shí jiù yào qǔshě.
Health is what I want; wealth is also what I want — but when both cannot be had, a choice must be made.
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From 《孟子·告子上》: 鱼，我所欲也，熊掌，亦我所欲也，二者不可得兼，舍鱼而取熊掌者也 (Fish I want; bear's paw I also want; if I cannot have both, I'll give up fish and take bear's paw). Mencius uses the pairing to introduce his central argument: 生，亦我所欲也；义，亦我所欲也 — and when life and righteousness conflict, one must sacrifice life for righteousness (舍生取义).
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也 is the classical sentence-final copula ('is/indeed'), not modern 'also.' 亦 here is the classical 'also.' Modern quotes of this line often set up a rhetorical choice between two goods.
