See 不塞不流，不止不行 on Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"There is no flowing without damming and no motion without rest."
],
"id": "en-不塞不流，不止不行-zh-proverb-osML~-fJ",
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"zh-pron": "bùsèbùliú"
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],
"zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴, bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴"
},
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"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùsèbùliú"
},
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng [Phonetic:búsèbùliú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng]"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùsèbùlióu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùjhǐhbùsíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-sê⁴-pu⁴-liu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-chih³-pu⁴-hsing²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-sè-bù-lyóu-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-jř-bù-syíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "busehbuliou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bujyybushyng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "бусэбулю"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "бучжибусин"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "busɛbulju"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bučžibusin"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
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"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "bāt sāk bāt làuh, bāt jí bāt hàhng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bat⁷ sak⁷ bat⁷ lau⁴, bat⁷ dzi² bat⁷ hang⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ seg¹ bed¹ leo⁴, bed¹ ji² bed¹ heng⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/"
}
],
"word": "不塞不流，不止不行"
}
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"glosses": [
"There is no flowing without damming and no motion without rest."
],
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"dam",
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"zh-pron": "bùsèbùliú"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴, bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùsèbùliú"
},
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"tags": [
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng [Phonetic:búsèbùliú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùzhǐbùxíng]"
},
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"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùsèbùlióu"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùjhǐhbùsíng"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-sê⁴-pu⁴-liu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-chih³-pu⁴-hsing²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-sè-bù-lyóu-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-jř-bù-syíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "busehbuliou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bujyybushyng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "бусэбулю"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "бучжибусин"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "busɛbulju"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bučžibusin"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bāt sāk bāt làuh, bāt jí bāt hàhng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bat⁷ sak⁷ bat⁷ lau⁴, bat⁷ dzi² bat⁷ hang⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ seg¹ bed¹ leo⁴, bed¹ ji² bed¹ heng⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/"
}
],
"word": "不塞不流，不止不行"
}
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