See 不識廬山真面目 on Wiktionary
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],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ sik¹ lou⁴ saan¹ zan¹ min⁶ muk⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāt sīk lòuh sāan jān mihn muhk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bat⁷ sik⁷ lou⁴ saan¹ dzan¹ min⁶ muk⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ xig¹ lou⁴ san¹ zen¹ min⁶ mug⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ lou̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵ miːn²² mʊk̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "不識廬山真面目"
}
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