要钱没钱,要人没人: whatever you ask for, it's there (or not)
【高144】口语格式 / fixed patterns
Tone colorsā tone 1á tone 2ǎ tone 3à tone 4a neutral
要X有X,要Y有Y: "as for X, it has X; as for Y, it has Y". You name two assets (or two gaps) and repeat the noun after 有 or 没: 她要成绩有成绩,要形象有形象 ("good grades, good image: she has it all"). With 没 it is a complaint: 我们要钱没钱,要人没人 ("no money, no people: nothing at all").
The two halves are parallel: 有 on both sides for praise, 没 on both sides for a complaint; a contrast (要钱有钱,要人没人) is possible but rarer. X and Y are nouns of quality or resource (成绩, 钱, 人, 经验, 速度). The verdict is complete in two beats, which makes it more concrete and more vivid than 既……又…… (HSK 3), which just adds two qualities.
Register: very colloquial. It is used of a person, a team, a place or a product.
Examples
她要成绩有成绩,要形象有形象,谁都愿意跟她合作。
Tā yào chéngjì yǒu chéngjì, yào xíngxiàng yǒu xíngxiàng, shéi dōu yuànyì gēn tā hézuò.She has the results and she has the image; everyone wants to work with her.
他要学历没学历,要经验没经验,怎么可能当经理?
Tā yào xuélì méi xuélì, yào jīngyàn méi jīngyàn, zěnme kěnéng dāng jīnglǐ?He has neither the degree nor the experience; how could he possibly be a manager?
这家饭馆要环境有环境,要味道有味道,就是价钱有点贵。
Zhè jiā fànguǎn yào huánjìng yǒu huánjìng, yào wèidào yǒu wèidào, jiùshì jiàqian yǒudiǎn guì.This restaurant has the setting and the flavour; it's just a bit pricey.
我们公司现在要钱没钱,要人没人,只能先做小项目。
Wǒmen gōngsī xiànzài yào qián méi qián, yào rén méi rén, zhǐ néng xiān zuò xiǎo xiàngmù.Our company has no money and no staff at the moment, so we can only start with small projects.
他在队里要速度有速度,要力量有力量,教练一直很看好他。
Tā zài duì lǐ yào sùdù yǒu sùdù, yào lìliang yǒu lìliang, jiàoliàn yìzhí hěn kànhǎo tā.On the team he has the speed and he has the strength, and the coach has always rated him highly.
搬家那天,要车没车,要人没人,我只好自己扛着箱子上了六楼。
Bānjiā nà tiān, yào chē méi chē, yào rén méi rén, wǒ zhǐhǎo zìjǐ kángzhe xiāngzi shàng le liù lóu.On moving day there was no car and nobody to help, so I had to carry the boxes up to the sixth floor myself.
Common mistakes
✗ 她要成绩有,要形象有。 → ✓ 她要成绩有成绩,要形象有形象。 (the noun is repeated after 有 / 没).
✗ 她要成绩有成绩,要形象好。 → ✓ 她要成绩有成绩,要形象有形象。 (the second half keeps the same frame as the first).