See 上樑不正下樑歪 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "上梁不正下梁歪",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "上梁不正下梁歪",
"raw_tags": [
"Traditional Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "proverb"
},
"expansion": "上樑不正下樑歪",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "If the top beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese proverbs",
"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": "Chinese proverbs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hakka proverbs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin proverbs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"if leadership sets a bad example, their subordinates will follow suit"
],
"id": "en-上樑不正下樑歪-zh-proverb--yVufcLO",
"links": [
[
"leadership",
"leadership"
],
[
"bad",
"bad"
],
[
"example",
"example"
],
[
"subordinate",
"subordinate"
],
[
"follow suit",
"follow suit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) if leadership sets a bad example, their subordinates will follow suit"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meixian"
],
"word": "上樑唔正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Northern"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Pingtung"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hsinchu-County"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Taichung"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Jieyang"
],
"word": "大無好樣，細無好相"
},
{
"word": "Taiwan"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
"word": "Meixian"
},
{
"word": "上樑唔正下樑歪"
},
{
"alt": "N. Sixian",
"word": "Miaoli"
},
{
"alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
"word": "Pingtung"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hailu",
"Zhudong"
],
"word": "Hsinchu County"
},
{
"tags": [
"Dabu",
"Dongshi"
],
"word": "Taichung"
},
{
"tags": [
"Qionglin",
"Raoping"
],
"word": "Hsinchu County"
},
{
"tags": [
"Lunbei",
"Zhao'an"
],
"word": "Yunlin"
},
{
"word": "Jieyang"
},
{
"word": "大無好樣，細無好相"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shàngliáng bùzhèng xiàliáng wāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄨㄞ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "soeng⁶ loeng⁴ bat¹ zing³ haa⁶ loeng⁴ waai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"PFS",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "song-liòng put-chṳn hâ-liòng vâi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Guangdong",
"Hakka",
"Meixian"
],
"zh-pron": "song⁴ liong² bud⁵ zang⁴ ha¹ liong² vai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shàngliáng bùzhèng xiàliáng wāi [Phonetic:shàngliáng búzhèng xiàliáng wāi]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shàngliáng bùjhèng siàliáng wai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "shang⁴-liang² pu⁴-chêng⁴ hsia⁴-liang² wai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "shàng-lyáng bù-jèng syà-lyáng wāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shanqliang bujenq shiahliang uai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "шанлян бучжэн сялян вай"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "šanljan bučžɛn sjaljan vaj"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ waɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "seuhng lèuhng bāt jing hah lèuhng wāai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "soeng⁶ loeng⁴ bat⁷ dzing³ haa⁶ loeng⁴ waai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sêng⁶ lêng⁴ bed¹ jing³ ha⁶ lêng⁴ wai¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/sœːŋ²² lœːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ haː²² lœːŋ²¹ waːi̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh-pron": "song-liòng put-chṳn hâ-liòng vâi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "song^"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "liongˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "bud^ˋ ziin^"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "haˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "liong^ˇ vai^ˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka"
],
"zh-pron": "song⁴ liong² bud⁵ zin⁴ ha¹ liong² vai¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/soŋ⁵⁵ li̯oŋ¹¹ put̚² t͡sɨn⁵⁵ ha²⁴ li̯oŋ¹¹ vai̯²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ liɔŋ¹¹ put̚¹ t͡saŋ⁵³ ha⁴⁴⁻³⁵ liɔŋ¹¹ ʋaɪ⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meixian",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: shàngliáng búzhèng xiàliáng wāi]"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ waɪ̯⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sœːŋ²² lœːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ haː²² lœːŋ²¹ waːi̯⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/soŋ⁵⁵ li̯oŋ¹¹ put̚² t͡sɨn⁵⁵ ha²⁴ li̯oŋ¹¹ vai̯²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ liɔŋ¹¹ put̚¹ t͡saŋ⁵³ ha⁴⁴⁻³⁵ liɔŋ¹¹ ʋaɪ⁴⁴/"
}
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "上梁不正下梁歪",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "上梁不正下梁歪",
"raw_tags": [
"Traditional Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "proverb"
},
"expansion": "上樑不正下樑歪",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "If the top beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 上",
"Chinese terms spelled with 下",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 樑",
"Chinese terms spelled with 正",
"Chinese terms spelled with 歪",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hakka lemmas",
"Hakka proverbs",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
"Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"if leadership sets a bad example, their subordinates will follow suit"
],
"links": [
[
"leadership",
"leadership"
],
[
"bad",
"bad"
],
[
"example",
"example"
],
[
"subordinate",
"subordinate"
],
[
"follow suit",
"follow suit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) if leadership sets a bad example, their subordinates will follow suit"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shàngliáng bùzhèng xiàliáng wāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄨㄞ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "soeng⁶ loeng⁴ bat¹ zing³ haa⁶ loeng⁴ waai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"PFS",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "song-liòng put-chṳn hâ-liòng vâi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Guangdong",
"Hakka",
"Meixian"
],
"zh-pron": "song⁴ liong² bud⁵ zang⁴ ha¹ liong² vai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shàngliáng bùzhèng xiàliáng wāi [Phonetic:shàngliáng búzhèng xiàliáng wāi]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shàngliáng bùjhèng siàliáng wai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "shang⁴-liang² pu⁴-chêng⁴ hsia⁴-liang² wai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "shàng-lyáng bù-jèng syà-lyáng wāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shanqliang bujenq shiahliang uai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "шанлян бучжэн сялян вай"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "šanljan bučžɛn sjaljan vaj"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ waɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "seuhng lèuhng bāt jing hah lèuhng wāai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "soeng⁶ loeng⁴ bat⁷ dzing³ haa⁶ loeng⁴ waai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sêng⁶ lêng⁴ bed¹ jing³ ha⁶ lêng⁴ wai¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/sœːŋ²² lœːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ haː²² lœːŋ²¹ waːi̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh-pron": "song-liòng put-chṳn hâ-liòng vâi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "song^"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "liongˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "bud^ˋ ziin^"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "haˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "liong^ˇ vai^ˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka"
],
"zh-pron": "song⁴ liong² bud⁵ zin⁴ ha¹ liong² vai¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/soŋ⁵⁵ li̯oŋ¹¹ put̚² t͡sɨn⁵⁵ ha²⁴ li̯oŋ¹¹ vai̯²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ liɔŋ¹¹ put̚¹ t͡saŋ⁵³ ha⁴⁴⁻³⁵ liɔŋ¹¹ ʋaɪ⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meixian",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: shàngliáng búzhèng xiàliáng wāi]"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ waɪ̯⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sœːŋ²² lœːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ haː²² lœːŋ²¹ waːi̯⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/soŋ⁵⁵ li̯oŋ¹¹ put̚² t͡sɨn⁵⁵ ha²⁴ li̯oŋ¹¹ vai̯²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ liɔŋ¹¹ put̚¹ t͡saŋ⁵³ ha⁴⁴⁻³⁵ liɔŋ¹¹ ʋaɪ⁴⁴/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meixian"
],
"word": "上樑唔正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Northern"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Pingtung"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hsinchu-County"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Taichung"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hsinchu-County"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin"
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
},
{
"tags": [
"Jieyang"
],
"word": "大無好樣，細無好相"
},
{
"word": "Taiwan"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
"word": "Meixian"
},
{
"word": "上樑唔正下樑歪"
},
{
"alt": "N. Sixian",
"word": "Miaoli"
},
{
"alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
"word": "Pingtung"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hailu",
"Zhudong"
],
"word": "Hsinchu County"
},
{
"tags": [
"Dabu",
"Dongshi"
],
"word": "Taichung"
},
{
"tags": [
"Qionglin",
"Raoping"
],
"word": "Hsinchu County"
},
{
"tags": [
"Lunbei",
"Zhao'an"
],
"word": "Yunlin"
},
{
"word": "Jieyang"
},
{
"word": "大無好樣，細無好相"
}
],
"word": "上樑不正下樑歪"
}
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