"韋編三絕" meaning in All languages combined

See 韋編三絕 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /weɪ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯¹³ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/, /wɐi̯²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/, /wɐi̯¹³ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/ Chinese transliterations: wéibiānsānjué [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄩㄝˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wai⁴ pin¹ saam¹ zyut⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wai⁵ pin¹ saam¹ zyut⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wéibiānsānjué [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wéibiansanjyué [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei²-pien¹-san¹-chüeh² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wéi-byān-sān-jywé [Mandarin, Yale], weibiansanjyue [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэйбяньсаньцзюэ [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛjbjanʹsanʹczjue [Mandarin, Palladius], wàih pīn sāam jyuht [Cantonese, Yale], wáih pīn sāam jyuht [Cantonese, Yale], wai⁴ pin¹ saam¹ dzyt⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wai⁵ pin¹ saam¹ dzyt⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wei⁴ pin¹ sam¹ jud⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], wei⁵ pin¹ sam¹ jud⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 韦编三绝, 三絕韋編
Etymology: From the story of Confucius studying the Classic of Changes so diligently that the tanned leather threads which connected the bamboo slips broke several times. Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 韋編三絕
  1. (figurative) to study diligently Tags: figuratively, idiomatic

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the story of Confucius studying the Classic of Changes so diligently that the tanned leather threads which connected the bamboo slips broke several times.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "韦编三绝",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "三絕韋編"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "韋編三絕",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "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"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to study diligently"
      ],
      "id": "en-韋編三絕-zh-phrase-Cw2oiNLg",
      "links": [
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "diligently",
          "diligently"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to study diligently"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéibiānsānjué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄩㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ pin¹ saam¹ zyut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁵ pin¹ saam¹ zyut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéibiānsānjué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéibiansanjyué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-pien¹-san¹-chüeh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-byān-sān-jywé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weibiansanjyue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйбяньсаньцзюэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjbjanʹsanʹczjue"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàih pīn sāam jyuht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wáih pīn sāam jyuht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ pin¹ saam¹ dzyt⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁵ pin¹ saam¹ dzyt⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴ pin¹ sam¹ jud⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁵ pin¹ sam¹ jud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "韋編三絕"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From the story of Confucius studying the Classic of Changes so diligently that the tanned leather threads which connected the bamboo slips broke several times.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "韦编三绝",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "三絕韋編"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "韋編三絕",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 三",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 絕",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 編",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 韋",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to study diligently"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "diligently",
          "diligently"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to study diligently"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéibiānsānjué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄩㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ pin¹ saam¹ zyut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁵ pin¹ saam¹ zyut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéibiānsānjué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéibiansanjyué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-pien¹-san¹-chüeh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-byān-sān-jywé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weibiansanjyue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйбяньсаньцзюэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjbjanʹsanʹczjue"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàih pīn sāam jyuht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wáih pīn sāam jyuht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ pin¹ saam¹ dzyt⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁵ pin¹ saam¹ dzyt⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴ pin¹ sam¹ jud⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁵ pin¹ sam¹ jud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³ pʰiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡syːt̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "韋編三絕"
}

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