See 退一步海闊天空 on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
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"form": "退一步海阔天空",
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"Simplified Chinese"
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"expansion": "退一步海闊天空",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "Take one step back, (and you will see) the vastness of the sea and sky",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"name": "Mandarin proverbs",
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"name": "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the second tone",
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"glosses": [
"Yielding (taking a step back) to someone else may make life much easier."
],
"id": "en-退一步海闊天空-zh-proverb-nriXl7Wu",
"links": [
[
"Yield",
"yield"
],
[
"life",
"life"
],
[
"easier",
"easier"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶ hoi² fut³ tin¹ hung¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng [Phonetic:tuì yí bù hǎikuòtiānkōng]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tuèi yi bù hǎikuòtiankong"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tʻui⁴ i¹ pu⁴ hai³-kʻuo⁴-tʻien¹-kʻung¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "twèi yī bù hǎi-kwò-tyān-kūng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tuey i buh haekuohtiankong"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "туй и бу хайкотянькун"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "tuj i bu xajkotjanʹkun"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "teui yāt bouh hói fut tīn hūng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "toey³ jat⁷ bou⁶ hoi² fut⁸ tin¹ hung¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "têu³ yed¹ bou⁶ hoi² fud³ tin¹ hung¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ fuːt̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: tuì yí bù hǎikuòtiānkōng]"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ fuːt̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "退一步海闊天空"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "退一步海阔天空",
"raw_tags": [
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]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "proverb"
},
"expansion": "退一步海闊天空",
"name": "head"
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "Take one step back, (and you will see) the vastness of the sea and sky",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 一",
"Chinese terms spelled with 天",
"Chinese terms spelled with 步",
"Chinese terms spelled with 海",
"Chinese terms spelled with 空",
"Chinese terms spelled with 退",
"Chinese terms spelled with 闊",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
"Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the second tone",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Yielding (taking a step back) to someone else may make life much easier."
],
"links": [
[
"Yield",
"yield"
],
[
"life",
"life"
],
[
"easier",
"easier"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶ hoi² fut³ tin¹ hung¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng [Phonetic:tuì yí bù hǎikuòtiānkōng]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tuèi yi bù hǎikuòtiankong"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tʻui⁴ i¹ pu⁴ hai³-kʻuo⁴-tʻien¹-kʻung¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "twèi yī bù hǎi-kwò-tyān-kūng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tuey i buh haekuohtiankong"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "туй и бу хайкотянькун"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "tuj i bu xajkotjanʹkun"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "teui yāt bouh hói fut tīn hūng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "toey³ jat⁷ bou⁶ hoi² fut⁸ tin¹ hung¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "têu³ yed¹ bou⁶ hoi² fud³ tin¹ hung¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ fuːt̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: tuì yí bù hǎikuòtiānkōng]"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ fuːt̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "退一步海闊天空"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 退一步海闊天空 meaning in All languages combined (2.9kB)
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