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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "出其不意",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to take somebody by surprise; to catch somebody unawares"
],
"id": "en-出其不意-zh-phrase-xWsILGIk",
"links": [
[
"take",
"take"
],
[
"somebody",
"somebody"
],
[
"surprise",
"surprise"
],
[
"catch",
"catch"
],
[
"unawares",
"unawares"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "拍無疑"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "拍无疑"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chūqíbùyì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ceot¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ji³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chūqíbùyì [Phonetic: chūqíbúyì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chucíbùyì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻu¹-chʻi²-pu⁴-i⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chū-chí-bù-yì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chuchyibuyih"
},
{
"roman": "čucibui",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "чуцибуи"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ceot¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ji³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chēut kèih bāt yi"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsoet⁷ kei⁴ bat⁷ ji³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cêd¹ kéi⁴ bed¹ yi³"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jiː³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "出其不意"
}
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"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "出其不意",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"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 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 其",
"Chinese terms spelled with 出",
"Chinese terms spelled with 意",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to take somebody by surprise; to catch somebody unawares"
],
"links": [
[
"take",
"take"
],
[
"somebody",
"somebody"
],
[
"surprise",
"surprise"
],
[
"catch",
"catch"
],
[
"unawares",
"unawares"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chūqíbùyì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ceot¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ji³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chūqíbùyì [Phonetic: chūqíbúyì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chucíbùyì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻu¹-chʻi²-pu⁴-i⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chū-chí-bù-yì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chuchyibuyih"
},
{
"roman": "čucibui",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "чуцибуи"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ceot¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ji³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chēut kèih bāt yi"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsoet⁷ kei⁴ bat⁷ ji³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cêd¹ kéi⁴ bed¹ yi³"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jiː³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "拍無疑"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "拍无疑"
}
],
"word": "出其不意"
}
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