See 兩害相權取其輕 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "两害相权取其轻",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "兩害相權取其輕",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to choose the lesser of two evils"
],
"id": "en-兩害相權取其輕-zh-phrase-psCm1kYq",
"links": [
[
"lesser of two evils",
"lesser of two evils"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "liǎng hài xiāng quán qǔ qí qīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "loeng⁵ hoi⁶ soeng¹ kyun⁴ ceoi² kei⁴ hing¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "liǎng hài xiāng quán qǔ qí qīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "liǎng hài siang cyuán cyǔ cí cing"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "liang³ hai⁴ hsiang¹ chʻüan² chʻü³ chʻi² chʻing¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "lyǎng hài syāng chywán chyǔ chí chīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "leang hay shiang chyuan cheu chyi ching"
},
{
"roman": "ljan xaj sjan cjuanʹ cjuj ci cin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "лян хай сян цюань цюй ци цин"
},
{
"ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "loeng⁵ hoi⁶ soeng¹ kyun⁴ ceoi² kei⁴ hing¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "léuhng hoih sēung kyùhn chéui kèih hīng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "loeng⁵ hoi⁶ soeng¹ kyn⁴ tsoey² kei⁴ hing¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "lêng⁵ hoi⁶ sêng¹ kün⁴ cêu² kéi⁴ hing¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/lœːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯²² sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ kʰei̯²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "兩害相權取其輕"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "两害相权取其轻",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "兩害相權取其輕",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 兩",
"Chinese terms spelled with 其",
"Chinese terms spelled with 取",
"Chinese terms spelled with 害",
"Chinese terms spelled with 權",
"Chinese terms spelled with 相",
"Chinese terms spelled with 輕",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to choose the lesser of two evils"
],
"links": [
[
"lesser of two evils",
"lesser of two evils"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "liǎng hài xiāng quán qǔ qí qīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "loeng⁵ hoi⁶ soeng¹ kyun⁴ ceoi² kei⁴ hing¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "liǎng hài xiāng quán qǔ qí qīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "liǎng hài siang cyuán cyǔ cí cing"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "liang³ hai⁴ hsiang¹ chʻüan² chʻü³ chʻi² chʻing¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "lyǎng hài syāng chywán chyǔ chí chīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "leang hay shiang chyuan cheu chyi ching"
},
{
"roman": "ljan xaj sjan cjuanʹ cjuj ci cin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "лян хай сян цюань цюй ци цин"
},
{
"ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "loeng⁵ hoi⁶ soeng¹ kyun⁴ ceoi² kei⁴ hing¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "léuhng hoih sēung kyùhn chéui kèih hīng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "loeng⁵ hoi⁶ soeng¹ kyn⁴ tsoey² kei⁴ hing¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "lêng⁵ hoi⁶ sêng¹ kün⁴ cêu² kéi⁴ hing¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/lœːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯²² sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ kʰei̯²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "兩害相權取其輕"
}
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