See 不為 on Wiktionary
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"form": "不为",
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},
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"form": "不爲",
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"english": "The way never acts, yet nothing is left undone.",
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"ref": " Tao Te Ching, 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi.",
"tags": [
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"text": "道常無為而無不為。",
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"roman": "Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi.",
"tags": [
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],
"text": "道常无为而无不为。",
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}
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"glosses": [
"to not do"
],
"id": "en-不為-zh-verb-APg7XOhw",
"raw_glosses": [
"(literary) to not do"
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"zh_pron": "bùwéi"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ wai⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùwéi"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùwéi"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-wei²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-wéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "buwei"
},
{
"roman": "buvɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бувэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
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"zh_pron": "bat⁷ wai⁴"
},
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],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ wei⁴"
},
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"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/",
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"Hong Kong"
],
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}
],
"word": "不為"
}
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"roman": "Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi.",
"tags": [
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"text": "道常無為而無不為。",
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"roman": "Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "道常无为而无不为。",
"type": "quote"
}
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"glosses": [
"to not do"
],
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"(literary) to not do"
],
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"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "bùwéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ wai⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùwéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùwéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-wei²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-wéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "buwei"
},
{
"roman": "buvɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бувэй"
},
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"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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"Hong Kong"
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"zh_pron": "bat¹ wai⁴"
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāt wàih"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "bat⁷ wai⁴"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ wei⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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]
}
],
"word": "不為"
}
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