See 不怕官，只怕管 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "It is the clerk, not the official, that is to be feared.",
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"id": "en-不怕官，只怕管-zh-noun-h1UlNh8e",
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"zh-pron": "bùpà guān"
},
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"zh-pron": "zhǐ pà guǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢ"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "bat¹ paa³ gun¹, zi² paa³ gun²"
},
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpà guān"
},
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"tags": [
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"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "zhǐ pà guǎn [Phonetic:búpà guān"
},
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"tags": [
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
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"zh-pron": "zhǐ pà guǎn]"
},
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"bopomofo",
"standard"
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"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢ"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpà guan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jhǐh pà guǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-pʻa⁴ kuan¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chih³ pʻa⁴ kuan³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-pà gwān-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jř pà gwǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bupah guan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jyy pah goan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "бупа гуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "чжи па гуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bupa guanʹ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "čži pa guanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh-pron": "bāt pa gūn, jí pa gún"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "bat⁷ paa³ gun¹, dzi² paa³ gun²"
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"zh-pron": "bed¹ pa³ gun¹, ji² pa³ gun²"
},
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"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ pʰaː³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pʰaː³³ kuːn³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ pʰaː³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pʰaː³³ kuːn³⁵/"
}
],
"word": "不怕官，只怕管"
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"zh-pron": "bùpà guān"
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"zh-pron": "zhǐ pà guǎn"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢ"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ"
},
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"zh-pron": "bat¹ paa³ gun¹, zi² paa³ gun²"
},
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"zh-pron": "bùpà guān"
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"zh-pron": "zhǐ pà guǎn [Phonetic:búpà guān"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "zhǐ pà guǎn]"
},
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"bopomofo",
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"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄆㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bùpà guan"
},
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"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jhǐh pà guǎn"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-pʻa⁴ kuan¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chih³ pʻa⁴ kuan³"
},
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"tags": [
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"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-pà gwān-"
},
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"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jř pà gwǎn"
},
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"zh-pron": "bupah guan"
},
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jyy pah goan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "бупа гуань"
},
{
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"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "чжи па гуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "bupa guanʹ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "čži pa guanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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},
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],
"zh-pron": "bāt pa gūn, jí pa gún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bat⁷ paa³ gun¹, dzi² paa³ gun²"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ pa³ gun¹, ji² pa³ gun²"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ pʰaː³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pʰaː³³ kuːn³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰä⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ pʰaː³³ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pʰaː³³ kuːn³⁵/"
}
],
"word": "不怕官，只怕管"
}
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