See 一波三折 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "one stroke, three changes in direction of the brush",
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"zh-pron": "yībōsānzhé"
},
{
"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄅㄛ ㄙㄢ ㄓㄜˊ"
},
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"tags": [
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"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "jat¹ bo¹ saam¹ zit³"
},
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},
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "yībōsānzhé [Phonetic:yìbōsānzhé]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yibosanjhé"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "i¹-po¹-san¹-chê²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yī-bwō-sān-jé"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "ibosanjer"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ибосаньчжэ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ibosanʹčžɛ"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yāt bō sāam jit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jat⁷ bo¹ saam¹ dzit⁸"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yed¹ bo¹ sam¹ jid³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ pɔː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "it-pho-sam-chiat"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "it-pho-sam-tsiat"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "itphoisamciad"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ pʰo³³ sam³³ t͡siɛt̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁵ pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: yìbōsānzhé]"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ pɔː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ pʰo³³ sam³³ t͡siɛt̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁵ pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/"
}
],
"word": "一波三折"
}
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"(originally) calligraphic flourish with many twists"
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"to be full of ups and downs; to have many twists and turns"
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"(figurative) to be full of ups and downs; to have many twists and turns"
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"zh-pron": "yībōsānzhé"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄅㄛ ㄙㄢ ㄓㄜˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jat¹ bo¹ saam¹ zit³"
},
{
"zh-pron": "it-pho-sam-chiat"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yībōsānzhé [Phonetic:yìbōsānzhé]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yibosanjhé"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "i¹-po¹-san¹-chê²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yī-bwō-sān-jé"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "ibosanjer"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ибосаньчжэ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ibosanʹčžɛ"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yāt bō sāam jit"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jat⁷ bo¹ saam¹ dzit⁸"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yed¹ bo¹ sam¹ jid³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ pɔː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "it-pho-sam-chiat"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "it-pho-sam-tsiat"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "itphoisamciad"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ pʰo³³ sam³³ t͡siɛt̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁵ pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: yìbōsānzhé]"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ pɔː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ pʰo³³ sam³³ t͡siɛt̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁵ pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚³²/"
}
],
"word": "一波三折"
}
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