See 不怕不識貨，就怕貨比貨 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "不怕不识货，就怕货比货",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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},
"expansion": "不怕不識貨，就怕貨比貨",
"name": "head"
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],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "Don't fear about not knowing the goods, but about comparing them",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
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"parents": [],
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],
"glosses": [
"Don't worry about not recognizing quality. Comparison will determine which is better. The true value of a person or good can only be determined through comparison."
],
"id": "en-不怕不識貨，就怕貨比貨-zh-noun-y15qhDDu",
"links": [
[
"recognizing",
"recognize"
],
[
"quality",
"quality"
],
[
"Comparison",
"comparison"
],
[
"determine",
"determine"
],
[
"value",
"value"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"good",
"good"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "bùpàbùshíhuò",
"word": "不怕不識貨，只怕貨比貨／不怕不识货，只怕货比货"
},
{
"roman": "bùpàbùshíhuò, zhǐpàhuòbǐhuò",
"word": "不怕不識貨，只怕貨比貨／不怕不识货，只怕货比货"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshíhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiùpàhuòbǐhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshìhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "bat¹ paa³ bat¹ sik¹ fo³, zau⁶ paa³ fo³ bei² fo³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshíhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiùpàhuòbǐhuò [Phonetic:búpàbùshíhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiùpàhuòbǐhuò]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshíhhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiòupàhuòbǐhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-pʻa⁴-pu⁴-shih²-huo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chiu⁴-pʻa⁴-huo⁴-pi³-huo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-pà-bù-shŕ-hwò-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyòu-pà-hwò-bǐ-hwò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bupahbushyrhuoh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiowpahhuohbiihuoh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "бупабушихо"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзюпахобихо"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bupabušixo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjupaxobixo"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshìhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiùpàhuòbǐhuò [Phonetic:búpàbúshìhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshìhhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-pʻa⁴-pu⁴-shih⁴-huo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-pà-bù-shr̀-hwò-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bupahbushyhhuoh"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bāt pa bāt sīk fo, jauh pa fo béi fo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bat⁷ paa³ bat⁷ sik⁷ fo³, dzau⁶ paa³ fo³ bei² fo³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ pa³ bed¹ xig¹ fo³, zeo⁶ pa³ fo³ béi² fo³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ pʰaː³³ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ fɔː³³ t͡sɐu̯²² pʰaː³³ fɔː³³ pei̯³⁵ fɔː³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ pʰaː³³ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ fɔː³³ t͡sɐu̯²² pʰaː³³ fɔː³³ pei̯³⁵ fɔː³³/"
}
],
"word": "不怕不識貨，就怕貨比貨"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "不怕不识货，就怕货比货",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "不怕不識貨，就怕貨比貨",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "Don't fear about not knowing the goods, but about comparing them",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 就",
"Chinese terms spelled with 怕",
"Chinese terms spelled with 比",
"Chinese terms spelled with 識",
"Chinese terms spelled with 貨",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Don't worry about not recognizing quality. Comparison will determine which is better. The true value of a person or good can only be determined through comparison."
],
"links": [
[
"recognizing",
"recognize"
],
[
"quality",
"quality"
],
[
"Comparison",
"comparison"
],
[
"determine",
"determine"
],
[
"value",
"value"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"good",
"good"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshíhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiùpàhuòbǐhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshìhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "bat¹ paa³ bat¹ sik¹ fo³, zau⁶ paa³ fo³ bei² fo³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshíhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiùpàhuòbǐhuò [Phonetic:búpàbùshíhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiùpàhuòbǐhuò]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshíhhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiòupàhuòbǐhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-pʻa⁴-pu⁴-shih²-huo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chiu⁴-pʻa⁴-huo⁴-pi³-huo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-pà-bù-shŕ-hwò-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyòu-pà-hwò-bǐ-hwò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bupahbushyrhuoh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiowpahhuohbiihuoh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "бупабушихо"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзюпахобихо"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bupabušixo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjupaxobixo"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshìhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiùpàhuòbǐhuò [Phonetic:búpàbúshìhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpàbùshìhhuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-pʻa⁴-pu⁴-shih⁴-huo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-pà-bù-shr̀-hwò-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bupahbushyhhuoh"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bāt pa bāt sīk fo, jauh pa fo béi fo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bat⁷ paa³ bat⁷ sik⁷ fo³, dzau⁶ paa³ fo³ bei² fo³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ pa³ bed¹ xig¹ fo³, zeo⁶ pa³ fo³ béi² fo³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ pʰaː³³ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ fɔː³³ t͡sɐu̯²² pʰaː³³ fɔː³³ pei̯³⁵ fɔː³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ pʰaː³³ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ fɔː³³ t͡sɐu̯²² pʰaː³³ fɔː³³ pei̯³⁵ fɔː³³/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "bùpàbùshíhuò",
"word": "不怕不識貨，只怕貨比貨／不怕不识货，只怕货比货"
},
{
"roman": "bùpàbùshíhuò, zhǐpàhuòbǐhuò",
"word": "不怕不識貨，只怕貨比貨／不怕不识货，只怕货比货"
}
],
"word": "不怕不識貨，就怕貨比貨"
}
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