See 下里巴人 on Wiktionary
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"antonyms": [
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"roman": "yángchūnbáixuě",
"word": "陽春白雪"
},
{
"roman": "yángchūnbáixuě",
"word": "阳春白雪"
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],
"zh_pron": "xiàlǐbārén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄚ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "haa⁶ lei⁵ baa¹ jan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiàlǐbārén"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄚ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "siàlǐbarén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsia⁴-li³-pa¹-jên²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syà-lǐ-bā-rén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shiahliibaren"
},
{
"roman": "sjalibažɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сялибажэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "ha⁶ léi⁵ ba¹ yen⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² lei̯¹³ paː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
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"word": "下里巴人"
}
{
"antonyms": [
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"roman": "yángchūnbáixuě",
"word": "陽春白雪"
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"roman": "yángchūnbáixuě",
"word": "阳春白雪"
}
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"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 下",
"Chinese terms spelled with 人",
"Chinese terms spelled with 巴",
"Chinese terms spelled with 里",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"etymology_text": "Originally the name of the rustic folk songs in the state of Chu during the Warring States period.",
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"zh_pron": "xiàlǐbārén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄚ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "haa⁶ lei⁵ baa¹ jan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiàlǐbārén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄚ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "siàlǐbarén"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsia⁴-li³-pa¹-jên²"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syà-lǐ-bā-rén"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shiahliibaren"
},
{
"roman": "sjalibažɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сялибажэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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"zh_pron": "haa⁶ lei⁵ baa¹ jan⁴"
},
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "haa⁶ lei⁵ baa¹ jan⁴"
},
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"Hong Kong"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ha⁶ léi⁵ ba¹ yen⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² lei̯¹³ paː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
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"wikipedia": [
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],
"word": "下里巴人"
}
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