See 海底摸針 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "海底摸针",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "海底摸針",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Eastern Min chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hakka chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hokkien chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "From: 1977, 楊小萍, 相思海",
"roman": "Hái-tóe-bong-chiam siuⁿ-si hái, bong chiam gōng-tōa-tai. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]",
"text": "海底摸針相思海，摸針戇大呆。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]\n海底摸针相思海，摸针戆大呆。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Unfortunately, there is a vast sea of people, whoa. To look for someone who can get along with me is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I've got no hope early on.",
"ref": "From: 2013, 江蕙 (Jody Chiang) feat. 陳嘉樺 (Ella Chen), 歹逗陣",
"text": "可惜人海茫茫，要找會合的人，喔～，親像海底摸針，阮早就無央望。 [Hokkien, trad.]\n可惜人海茫茫，要找会合的人，喔～，亲像海底摸针，阮早就无央望。 [Hokkien, simp.]\nKhó-sioh lîn-hái bâng-bâng, beh chhē ē-ha̍h ê lâng, o͘h ~, chhin-chhiūⁿ hái-té-bong-chiam, gún chá-tiō bô ǹg-bāng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to look for a needle in a haystack"
],
"id": "en-海底摸針-zh-phrase-hvjEM8Pl",
"links": [
[
"a needle in a haystack",
"a needle in a haystack"
]
],
"related": [
{
"roman": "ngom-kěm-nai-má-hǎa-sà-mùt",
"tags": [
"Thai"
],
"word": "งมเข็มในมหาสมุทร"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Singapore"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Northern"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Pingtung"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hsinchu-County"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Taichung"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Fuzhou"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Tainan"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐmōzhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄇㄛ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hói-tái-miâ-chṳ̂m"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hāi-*dā̤-muŏ-*cĕng"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-bong-chiam"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hái-té-bong-chiam"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-mo͘-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐmōzhēn [Phonetic:háidǐmōzhēn]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐmojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hai³-ti³-mo¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎi-dǐ-mwō-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "haediimhojen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хайдимочжэнь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xajdimočžɛnʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hói-tái-miâ-chṳ̂m"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi^ˋ dai^ˋ mia^ˊ ziim^ˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi³ dai³ mia¹ zim¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hoi̯³¹ tai̯³¹ mi̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨm²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "hāi-*dā̤-muŏ-*cĕng"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai³³⁻³⁵ tɛ³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ muo⁵⁵ t͡sɛiŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-bong-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tué-bong-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hay'doefbongciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-té-bong-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-té-bong-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hay'defbongciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-mo͘-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tué-moo-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hay'doefmociafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"other": "/ hái-té-bong-chiam /"
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: háidǐmōzhēn]"
},
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hoi̯³¹ tai̯³¹ mi̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨm²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai³³⁻³⁵ tɛ³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ muo⁵⁵ t͡sɛiŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siam⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siam⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/"
}
],
"word": "海底摸針"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "海底摸针",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "海底摸針",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"roman": "ngom-kěm-nai-má-hǎa-sà-mùt",
"tags": [
"Thai"
],
"word": "งมเข็มในมหาสมุทร"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Chinese terms spelled with 底",
"Chinese terms spelled with 摸",
"Chinese terms spelled with 海",
"Chinese terms spelled with 針",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Eastern Min chengyu",
"Eastern Min idioms",
"Eastern Min lemmas",
"Hakka chengyu",
"Hakka idioms",
"Hakka lemmas",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Hokkien terms with quotations",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Requests for translations of Hokkien usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "From: 1977, 楊小萍, 相思海",
"roman": "Hái-tóe-bong-chiam siuⁿ-si hái, bong chiam gōng-tōa-tai. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]",
"text": "海底摸針相思海，摸針戇大呆。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]\n海底摸针相思海，摸针戆大呆。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Unfortunately, there is a vast sea of people, whoa. To look for someone who can get along with me is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I've got no hope early on.",
"ref": "From: 2013, 江蕙 (Jody Chiang) feat. 陳嘉樺 (Ella Chen), 歹逗陣",
"text": "可惜人海茫茫，要找會合的人，喔～，親像海底摸針，阮早就無央望。 [Hokkien, trad.]\n可惜人海茫茫，要找会合的人，喔～，亲像海底摸针，阮早就无央望。 [Hokkien, simp.]\nKhó-sioh lîn-hái bâng-bâng, beh chhē ē-ha̍h ê lâng, o͘h ~, chhin-chhiūⁿ hái-té-bong-chiam, gún chá-tiō bô ǹg-bāng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to look for a needle in a haystack"
],
"links": [
[
"a needle in a haystack",
"a needle in a haystack"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐmōzhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄇㄛ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hói-tái-miâ-chṳ̂m"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hāi-*dā̤-muŏ-*cĕng"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-bong-chiam"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hái-té-bong-chiam"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-mo͘-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐmōzhēn [Phonetic:háidǐmōzhēn]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐmojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hai³-ti³-mo¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎi-dǐ-mwō-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "haediimhojen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хайдимочжэнь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xajdimočžɛnʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hói-tái-miâ-chṳ̂m"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi^ˋ dai^ˋ mia^ˊ ziim^ˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi³ dai³ mia¹ zim¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hoi̯³¹ tai̯³¹ mi̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨm²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "hāi-*dā̤-muŏ-*cĕng"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai³³⁻³⁵ tɛ³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ muo⁵⁵ t͡sɛiŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-bong-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tué-bong-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hay'doefbongciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-té-bong-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-té-bong-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hay'defbongciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-mo͘-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tué-moo-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hay'doefmociafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"other": "/ hái-té-bong-chiam /"
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: háidǐmōzhēn]"
},
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hoi̯³¹ tai̯³¹ mi̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɨm²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai³³⁻³⁵ tɛ³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ muo⁵⁵ t͡sɛiŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siam⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹ bɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siam⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³ mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底撈針"
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"word": "東海撈針"
},
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],
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},
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"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Northern"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
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"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Pingtung"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
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"Hakka",
"Hsinchu-County"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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"Hakka",
"Taichung"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hsinchu-County"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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"Fuzhou"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
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],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
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"Tainan"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
}
],
"word": "海底摸針"
}
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