"事半功倍" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shìbèi-gōngbàn",
      "word": "事倍功半"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "At the present time, in a country of ten thousand chariots, let benevolent government be put in practice, and the people will be delighted with it, as if they were relieved from hanging by the heels. With half the merit of the ancients, double their achievements is sure to be realized. It is only at this time that such could be the case.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Dāngjīn zhī shí, wànshèng zhī guó xíng rénzhèng, mín zhī yuè zhī, yóu jiě dàoxuán yě. Gù shì bàn gǔ zhī rén, gōng bì bèi zhī, wéi cǐshí wéi rán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "當今之時，萬乘之國行仁政，民之悅之，猶解倒懸也。故事半古之人，功必倍之，惟此時為然。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "At the present time, in a country of ten thousand chariots, let benevolent government be put in practice, and the people will be delighted with it, as if they were relieved from hanging by the heels. With half the merit of the ancients, double their achievements is sure to be realized. It is only at this time that such could be the case.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Dāngjīn zhī shí, wànshèng zhī guó xíng rénzhèng, mín zhī yuè zhī, yóu jiě dàoxuán yě. Gù shì bàn gǔ zhī rén, gōng bì bèi zhī, wéi cǐshí wéi rán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "当今之时，万乘之国行仁政，民之悦之，犹解倒悬也。故事半古之人，功必倍之，惟此时为然。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "(《孟子·公孫丑上》)"
      },
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      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mencius (《孟子·公孫丑上》)",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "事半功倍",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to yield twice the result with half the effort"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìbàn-gōngbèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sū-pòaⁿ-kong-pōe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìbàn-gōngbèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìhbàngongbèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shih⁴-pan⁴-kung¹-pei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shr̀-bàn-gūng-bèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyhbanngongbey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шибаньгунбэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šibanʹgunbɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sih bun gūng púih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² puːn³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰuːi̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sū-pòaⁿ-kong-pōe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sū-puànn-kong-puē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suxpvoarkongpoe"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su⁴¹⁻²² puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³ pue⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻¹¹ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² puːn³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰuːi̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su⁴¹⁻²² puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³ pue⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻¹¹ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "事半功倍"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shìbèi-gōngbàn",
      "word": "事倍功半"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "At the present time, in a country of ten thousand chariots, let benevolent government be put in practice, and the people will be delighted with it, as if they were relieved from hanging by the heels. With half the merit of the ancients, double their achievements is sure to be realized. It is only at this time that such could be the case.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Dāngjīn zhī shí, wànshèng zhī guó xíng rénzhèng, mín zhī yuè zhī, yóu jiě dàoxuán yě. Gù shì bàn gǔ zhī rén, gōng bì bèi zhī, wéi cǐshí wéi rán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "當今之時，萬乘之國行仁政，民之悅之，猶解倒懸也。故事半古之人，功必倍之，惟此時為然。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "At the present time, in a country of ten thousand chariots, let benevolent government be put in practice, and the people will be delighted with it, as if they were relieved from hanging by the heels. With half the merit of the ancients, double their achievements is sure to be realized. It is only at this time that such could be the case.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Dāngjīn zhī shí, wànshèng zhī guó xíng rénzhèng, mín zhī yuè zhī, yóu jiě dàoxuán yě. Gù shì bàn gǔ zhī rén, gōng bì bèi zhī, wéi cǐshí wéi rán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "当今之时，万乘之国行仁政，民之悦之，犹解倒悬也。故事半古之人，功必倍之，惟此时为然。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "From Mencius (《孟子·公孫丑上》)",
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      "expansion": "事半功倍",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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        "Chinese chengyu derived from Mencius",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 事",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 倍",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 功",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 半",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
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        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "glosses": [
        "to yield twice the result with half the effort"
      ],
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      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Mencius (book)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìbàn-gōngbèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sū-pòaⁿ-kong-pōe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìbàn-gōngbèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìhbàngongbèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shih⁴-pan⁴-kung¹-pei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shr̀-bàn-gūng-bèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyhbanngongbey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шибаньгунбэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šibanʹgunbɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sih bun gūng púih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² puːn³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰuːi̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sū-pòaⁿ-kong-pōe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sū-puànn-kong-puē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suxpvoarkongpoe"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su⁴¹⁻²² puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³ pue⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻¹¹ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² puːn³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰuːi̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su⁴¹⁻²² puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³ pue⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pue²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻¹¹ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pue³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "事半功倍"
}

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