See 一山還有一山高 on Wiktionary
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"form": "一山还有一山高",
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"expansion": "一山還有一山高",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "for every high mountain there is an even higher mountain",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
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"glosses": [
"There is always someone or something that is better. / Do not be smug about your achievements."
],
"id": "en-一山還有一山高-zh-proverb-1EHfA0wn",
"links": [
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"always",
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"someone",
"someone"
],
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"something",
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"better",
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"smug",
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"achievement",
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"related": [
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"sense": "Vietnamese",
"word": "núi cao còn có núi cao hơn"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "一山更比一山高"
},
{
"word": "一山更有一山高"
}
]
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],
"sounds": [
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"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "yī shān háiyǒu yī shān gāo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄏㄞˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄍㄠ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ saan¹ waan⁴ jau⁵ jat¹ saan¹ gou¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yī shān háiyǒu yī shān gāo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yì shān háiyǒu yì shān gāo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄏㄞˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄍㄠ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yi shan háiyǒu yi shan gao"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹ shan¹ hai²-yu³ i¹ shan¹ kao¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī shān hái-yǒu yī shān gāu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "i shan hairyeou i shan gau"
},
{
"roman": "i šanʹ xajju i šanʹ gao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "и шань хайю и шань гао"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ xaɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ saan¹ waan⁴ jau⁵ jat¹ saan¹ gou¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yāt sāan wàahn yáuh yāt sāan gōu"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jat⁷ saan¹ waan⁴ jau⁵ jat⁷ saan¹ gou¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yed¹ san¹ wan⁴ yeo⁵ yed¹ san¹ gou¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ saːn⁵⁵ waːn²¹ jɐu̯¹³ jɐt̚⁵ saːn⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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],
"word": "一山還有一山高"
}
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{
"form": "一山还有一山高",
"tags": [
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}
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"expansion": "一山還有一山高",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "for every high mountain there is an even higher mountain",
"pos": "proverb",
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"word": "núi cao còn có núi cao hơn"
}
],
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 一",
"Chinese terms spelled with 山",
"Chinese terms spelled with 有",
"Chinese terms spelled with 還",
"Chinese terms spelled with 高",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
"Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"glosses": [
"There is always someone or something that is better. / Do not be smug about your achievements."
],
"links": [
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"always",
"always"
],
[
"someone",
"someone"
],
[
"something",
"something"
],
[
"better",
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[
"smug",
"smug"
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[
"achievement",
"achievement"
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"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yī shān háiyǒu yī shān gāo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄏㄞˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄍㄠ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ saan¹ waan⁴ jau⁵ jat¹ saan¹ gou¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yī shān háiyǒu yī shān gāo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yì shān háiyǒu yì shān gāo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄏㄞˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄍㄠ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yi shan háiyǒu yi shan gao"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹ shan¹ hai²-yu³ i¹ shan¹ kao¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī shān hái-yǒu yī shān gāu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "i shan hairyeou i shan gau"
},
{
"roman": "i šanʹ xajju i šanʹ gao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "и шань хайю и шань гао"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ xaɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ saan¹ waan⁴ jau⁵ jat¹ saan¹ gou¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yāt sāan wàahn yáuh yāt sāan gōu"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jat⁷ saan¹ waan⁴ jau⁵ jat⁷ saan¹ gou¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yed¹ san¹ wan⁴ yeo⁵ yed¹ san¹ gou¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ saːn⁵⁵ waːn²¹ jɐu̯¹³ jɐt̚⁵ saːn⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "一山更比一山高"
},
{
"word": "一山更有一山高"
}
],
"word": "一山還有一山高"
}
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