See 借刀殺人 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "借刀杀人",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "借刀殺人",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to borrow a knife to kill someone",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Teochew chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thirty-Six Stratagems",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to get someone else to do one's dirty work; to attack someone using the strength of another"
],
"id": "en-借刀殺人-zh-phrase-kdJkqTNV",
"links": [
[
"dirty work",
"dirty work"
],
[
"attack",
"attack"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "借刀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin",
"Lunbei",
"Zhao'an"
],
"word": "借刀㓾人"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "借刀刣儂"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Jieyang"
],
"word": "借刀殺儂"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jièdāoshārén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠ ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh_pron": "chia-tô-sat-ngìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chioh-to-sat-lîn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chioh-to-sat-jîn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
"zh_pron": "zioh⁴ do¹ suah⁴ nang⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jièdāoshārén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠ ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jièdaosharén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chieh⁴-tao¹-sha¹-jên²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyè-dāu-shā-rén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jiehdausharen"
},
{
"roman": "czedaošažɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзедаошажэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "je dōu saat yàhn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dze³ dou¹ saat⁸ jan⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "zé³ dou¹ sad³ yen⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɛː³³ tou̯⁵⁵ saːt̚³ jɐn²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh_pron": "chia-tô-sat-ngìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh_pron": "jia^(doˊ) sad^ˋ ngin^ˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Hagfa-Pinyim"
],
"zh_pron": "jia⁴ do¹ sad⁵ ngin²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡si̯a⁵⁵ to²⁴ sat̚² ŋin¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chioh-to-sat-lîn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tsioh-to-sat-lîn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "cioihdoisatliin"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴ sat̚³²⁻⁴ lin²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chioh-to-sat-jîn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tsioh-to-sat-jîn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "cioihdoisatjiin"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tɤ⁴⁴ sat̚³²⁻⁴ zin²³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
"zh_pron": "zioh⁴ do¹ suah⁴ nang⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "tsioh to suah nâng"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sioʔ²⁻⁴ to³³ suaʔ²⁻⁴ naŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "借刀殺人"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "借刀杀人",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "借刀殺人",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to borrow a knife to kill someone",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 人",
"Chinese terms spelled with 借",
"Chinese terms spelled with 刀",
"Chinese terms spelled with 殺",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hakka chengyu",
"Hakka idioms",
"Hakka lemmas",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Teochew chengyu",
"Teochew idioms",
"Teochew lemmas",
"Thirty-Six Stratagems"
],
"glosses": [
"to get someone else to do one's dirty work; to attack someone using the strength of another"
],
"links": [
[
"dirty work",
"dirty work"
],
[
"attack",
"attack"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jièdāoshārén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠ ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh_pron": "chia-tô-sat-ngìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chioh-to-sat-lîn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chioh-to-sat-jîn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
"zh_pron": "zioh⁴ do¹ suah⁴ nang⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jièdāoshārén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠ ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jièdaosharén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chieh⁴-tao¹-sha¹-jên²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyè-dāu-shā-rén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jiehdausharen"
},
{
"roman": "czedaošažɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзедаошажэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "je dōu saat yàhn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dze³ dou¹ saat⁸ jan⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "zé³ dou¹ sad³ yen⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɛː³³ tou̯⁵⁵ saːt̚³ jɐn²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh_pron": "chia-tô-sat-ngìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh_pron": "jia^(doˊ) sad^ˋ ngin^ˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Hagfa-Pinyim"
],
"zh_pron": "jia⁴ do¹ sad⁵ ngin²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡si̯a⁵⁵ to²⁴ sat̚² ŋin¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chioh-to-sat-lîn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tsioh-to-sat-lîn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "cioihdoisatliin"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴ sat̚³²⁻⁴ lin²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chioh-to-sat-jîn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tsioh-to-sat-jîn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "cioihdoisatjiin"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tɤ⁴⁴ sat̚³²⁻⁴ zin²³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
"zh_pron": "zioh⁴ do¹ suah⁴ nang⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "tsioh to suah nâng"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sioʔ²⁻⁴ to³³ suaʔ²⁻⁴ naŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "借刀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin",
"Lunbei",
"Zhao'an"
],
"word": "借刀㓾人"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "借刀刣儂"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Jieyang"
],
"word": "借刀殺儂"
}
],
"word": "借刀殺人"
}
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