See 三長兩短 on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Extended from 長短／长短 (chángduǎn), which already has the meaning of “mishap”. 三 and 兩／两 are two arbitrary numbers which can also mean “some” (see 二三 (èrsān) and 三兩／三两 (sānliǎng)).\nFolk etymology states that the term is a euphemism referring to a coffin, which consists of 3 pieces of long and 2 pieces of short wood excluding the cover.",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"source": "w"
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"glosses": [
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"id": "en-三長兩短-zh-phrase-Y2N8JS7U",
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"unexpected",
"unexpected"
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[
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"misfortune"
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[
"accident",
"accident"
],
[
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"sudden death"
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"roman": "dōngguā dòufu",
"word": "冬瓜豆腐"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sānchángliǎngduǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "saam¹ coeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyun²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "saⁿ-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
},
{
"zh-pron": "¹se-zan₆ ⁶lian-toe₅"
},
{
"zh-pron": "san¹ zhan² lian³ donn³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sānchángliǎngduǎn [Phonetic:sānchángliángduǎn]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sanchángliǎngduǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹-chʻang²-liang³-tuan³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sān-cháng-lyǎng-dwǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sancharngleangdoan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "саньчанляндуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sanʹčanljanduanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sānchángliǎngduǎnr [Phonetic:sānchángliángduǎnr]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sanchángliǎngduǎnr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹-chʻang²-liang³-tuan³-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sān-cháng-lyǎng-dwǎnr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sancharngleangdoal"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "саньчанляндуаньр"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sanʹčanljanduanʹr"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sāam chèuhng léuhng dyún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "saam¹ tsoeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyn²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sam¹ cêng⁴ lêng⁵ dün²"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "saⁿ-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "sann-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "sva'dngnngxdea"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹se-zan₆ ⁶lian-toe₅"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "se^平 zan^去 lian^去 toe^去"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹se-zan₃ ³lian-toe₂"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/se⁵⁵ zã²¹ liã²² tø⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Wiktionary-specific",
"Xiang"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹ zhan² lian³ donn³"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ t͡san¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: sānchángliángduǎn]"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: sānchángliángduǎnr]"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/se⁵⁵ zã²¹ liã²² tø⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ t͡san¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/"
}
],
"word": "三長兩短"
}
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"etymology_text": "Extended from 長短／长短 (chángduǎn), which already has the meaning of “mishap”. 三 and 兩／两 are two arbitrary numbers which can also mean “some” (see 二三 (èrsān) and 三兩／三两 (sānliǎng)).\nFolk etymology states that the term is a euphemism referring to a coffin, which consists of 3 pieces of long and 2 pieces of short wood excluding the cover.",
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"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 兩",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 長",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Wu chengyu",
"Wu idioms",
"Wu lemmas",
"Xiang chengyu",
"Xiang idioms",
"Xiang lemmas"
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"glosses": [
"unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death"
],
"links": [
[
"unexpected",
"unexpected"
],
[
"misfortune",
"misfortune"
],
[
"accident",
"accident"
],
[
"sudden death",
"sudden death"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sānchángliǎngduǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "saam¹ coeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyun²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "saⁿ-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
},
{
"zh-pron": "¹se-zan₆ ⁶lian-toe₅"
},
{
"zh-pron": "san¹ zhan² lian³ donn³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sānchángliǎngduǎn [Phonetic:sānchángliángduǎn]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sanchángliǎngduǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹-chʻang²-liang³-tuan³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sān-cháng-lyǎng-dwǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sancharngleangdoan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "саньчанляндуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sanʹčanljanduanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sānchángliǎngduǎnr [Phonetic:sānchángliángduǎnr]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sanchángliǎngduǎnr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹-chʻang²-liang³-tuan³-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sān-cháng-lyǎng-dwǎnr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sancharngleangdoal"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "саньчанляндуаньр"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sanʹčanljanduanʹr"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sāam chèuhng léuhng dyún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "saam¹ tsoeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyn²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sam¹ cêng⁴ lêng⁵ dün²"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "saⁿ-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "sann-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "sva'dngnngxdea"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹se-zan₆ ⁶lian-toe₅"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "se^平 zan^去 lian^去 toe^去"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹se-zan₃ ³lian-toe₂"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/se⁵⁵ zã²¹ liã²² tø⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Wiktionary-specific",
"Xiang"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹ zhan² lian³ donn³"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ t͡san¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: sānchángliángduǎn]"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: sānchángliángduǎnr]"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/se⁵⁵ zã²¹ liã²² tø⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ t͡san¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "dōngguā dòufu",
"word": "冬瓜豆腐"
}
],
"word": "三長兩短"
}
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