See 故弄玄虛 on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "故弄玄虚",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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},
"expansion": "故弄玄虛",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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],
"glosses": [
"deliberately mystifying; to make something unnecessarily mysterious"
],
"id": "en-故弄玄虛-zh-phrase-kU8uaAt4",
"links": [
[
"deliberately",
"deliberately"
],
[
"mystifying",
"mystifying"
],
[
"unnecessarily",
"unnecessarily"
],
[
"mysterious",
"mysterious"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gùnòngxuánxū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gu³ lung⁶ jyun⁴ heoi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gùnòngxuánxū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gùnòngsyuánsyu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ku⁴-nung⁴-hsüan²-hsü¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gù-nùng-sywán-syū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "guhnonqshyuanshiu"
},
{
"roman": "gununsjuanʹsjuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гунунсюаньсюй"
},
{
"ipa": "/ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ nʊŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gu³ lung⁶ jyun⁴ heoi¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gu luhng yùhn hēui"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gu³ lung⁶ jyn⁴ hoey¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "gu³ lung⁶ yun⁴ hêu¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kuː³³ lʊŋ²² jyːn²¹ hɵy̯⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "故弄玄虛"
}
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"tags": [
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]
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"expansion": "故弄玄虛",
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 弄",
"Chinese terms spelled with 故",
"Chinese terms spelled with 玄",
"Chinese terms spelled with 虛",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"deliberately mystifying; to make something unnecessarily mysterious"
],
"links": [
[
"deliberately",
"deliberately"
],
[
"mystifying",
"mystifying"
],
[
"unnecessarily",
"unnecessarily"
],
[
"mysterious",
"mysterious"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gùnòngxuánxū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gu³ lung⁶ jyun⁴ heoi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gùnòngxuánxū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gùnòngsyuánsyu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ku⁴-nung⁴-hsüan²-hsü¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gù-nùng-sywán-syū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "guhnonqshyuanshiu"
},
{
"roman": "gununsjuanʹsjuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гунунсюаньсюй"
},
{
"ipa": "/ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ nʊŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gu³ lung⁶ jyun⁴ heoi¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gu luhng yùhn hēui"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gu³ lung⁶ jyn⁴ hoey¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "gu³ lung⁶ yun⁴ hêu¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kuː³³ lʊŋ²² jyːn²¹ hɵy̯⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "故弄玄虛"
}
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