See 人為刀俎，我為魚肉 on Wiktionary
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"zh-pron": "rén wéi dāozǔ"
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"zh-pron": "jên² wei² tao¹-tsu³"
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "wo³ wei² yü²-jou⁴"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "rén wéi dāu-dzǔ-"
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"zh-pron": "жэнь вэй даоцзу"
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],
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},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "žɛnʹ vɛj daoczu"
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"Palladius"
],
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yen⁴ wei⁴ dou¹ zo², ngo⁵ wei⁴ yu⁴ yug⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ jʊk̚²/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
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},
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"ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/"
},
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"ipa": "/jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ jʊk̚²/"
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"zh-pron": "rén wéi daozǔ"
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{
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"zh-pron": "jên² wei² tao¹-tsu³"
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],
"zh-pron": "wo³ wei² yü²-jou⁴"
},
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"Yale"
],
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "ren wei dautzuu"
},
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"zh-pron": "жэнь вэй даоцзу"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "во вэй юйжоу"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "žɛnʹ vɛj daoczu"
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{
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
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"zh-pron": "vo vɛj jujžou"
},
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"ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/",
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"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "jan⁴ wai⁴ dou¹ dzo², ngo⁵ wai⁴ jy⁴ juk⁹"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
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},
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"ipa": "/jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ jʊk̚²/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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"ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/"
},
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"ipa": "/jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ jʊk̚²/"
}
],
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