"五體投地" meaning in All languages combined

See 五體投地 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ti⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋ̍¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tei̯²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ŋ̍²² tʰi³³ dɤ³³ di²³/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA], /u³³ tʰi³³ dɤ³³ di²³/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 五体投地 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 五體投地
  1. (Buddhism) to prostrate oneself (as the highest form of worship) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-五體投地-zh-phrase-mQOyT35U Categories (other): Buddhism, Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 36 64 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  2. to prostrate oneself before someone in admiration; to admire with the utmost sincerity Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-五體投地-zh-phrase-oNLiORwe Categories (other): Chinese chengyu, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "five body parts (both hands/elbows, both knees and head) touching the ground",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prostrate oneself (as the highest form of worship)"
      ],
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          "prostrate",
          "prostrate"
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        "(Buddhism) to prostrate oneself (as the highest form of worship)"
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
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        },
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        },
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              9,
              18
            ]
          ],
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              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to admire with the utmost sincerity",
          "roman": "pèifú dé wǔtǐtóudì",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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              9,
              18
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          ],
          "english": "to admire with the utmost sincerity",
          "roman": "pèifú dé wǔtǐtóudì",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        }
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        "to prostrate oneself before someone in admiration; to admire with the utmost sincerity"
      ],
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        [
          "prostrate",
          "prostrate"
        ],
        [
          "admiration",
          "admiration"
        ],
        [
          "admire",
          "admire"
        ],
        [
          "sincerity",
          "sincerity"
        ]
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔtǐtóudì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶ng-thi ⁶deu ⁶di"
    },
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        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
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      "zh_pron": "⁵u-thi ⁶deu ⁶di"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔtǐtóudì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wútǐtóudì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔtǐtóudì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu³-tʻi³-tʻou²-ti⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔ-tǐ-tóu-dì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wuutiitourdih"
    },
    {
      "roman": "utitoudi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "утитоуди"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ti⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ńgh tái tàuh deih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ tei² teo⁴ déi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tei̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶ng-thi ⁶deu ⁶di"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵u-thi ⁶deu ⁶di"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng^去 thi deu^去 di^去"
    },
    {
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        "MiniDict"
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      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "u^去 thi deu^去 di^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³hhngg-thi ³deu ³di"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²u-thi ³deu ³di"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍²² tʰi³³ dɤ³³ di²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³³ tʰi³³ dɤ³³ di²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "五體投地"
}
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    "Chinese terms spelled with 投",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 體",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "admiration",
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          "admire",
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          "sincerity",
          "sincerity"
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        "Mandarin",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶"
    },
    {
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        "Wugniu"
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        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶ng-thi ⁶deu ⁶di"
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        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
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      "zh_pron": "⁵u-thi ⁶deu ⁶di"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔtǐtóudì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wútǐtóudì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔtǐtóudì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu³-tʻi³-tʻou²-ti⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǔ-tǐ-tóu-dì"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wuutiitourdih"
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    {
      "roman": "utitoudi",
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "утитоуди"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ti⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ńgh tái tàuh deih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ng⁵ tei² teo⁴ déi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tei̯²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶ng-thi ⁶deu ⁶di"
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        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
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      "zh_pron": "⁵u-thi ⁶deu ⁶di"
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      "zh_pron": "ng^去 thi deu^去 di^去"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "u^去 thi deu^去 di^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³hhngg-thi ³deu ³di"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²u-thi ³deu ³di"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍²² tʰi³³ dɤ³³ di²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³³ tʰi³³ dɤ³³ di²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "五體投地"
}

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