"勒緊褲頭" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"tightly fasten the waistband/belt of the trousers\", an implication of significant underweight and consequently very low waist circumference. This is a figurative way to express someone's state of being financially poor, regardless if the individual is actually underweight as a result of poverty.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "勒紧裤头",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "勒緊褲頭",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Due to reduced income of (our) father, our whole family will need to live at reduced expense.",
          "roman": "Yóuyú fùqīn de shōurù jiǎnshào, quán jiārén jiāngyào lèjǐnkùtóu guòhuó. [Pinyin]",
          "text": "由於父親的收入減少，全家人將要勒緊褲頭過活。 [MSC, trad.]\n由于父亲的收入减少，全家人将要勒紧裤头过活。 [MSC, simp.]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "financial austerity; cost-cutting; consequence or measure of being financially poor"
      ],
      "id": "en-勒緊褲頭-zh-phrase-0ThnVBXd",
      "links": [
        [
          "austerity",
          "austerity"
        ],
        [
          "cost-cutting",
          "cost-cutting"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "勒緊褲帶"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lēi jǐn kùtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄟ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄎㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lēi jǐn kùtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei jǐn kùtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei¹ chin³ kʻu⁴-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lēi jǐn kù-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lhei jiin kuhtour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лэй цзинь кутоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lɛj czinʹ kutou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "勒緊褲頭"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"tightly fasten the waistband/belt of the trousers\", an implication of significant underweight and consequently very low waist circumference. This is a figurative way to express someone's state of being financially poor, regardless if the individual is actually underweight as a result of poverty.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "勒紧裤头",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "勒緊褲頭",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Due to reduced income of (our) father, our whole family will need to live at reduced expense.",
          "roman": "Yóuyú fùqīn de shōurù jiǎnshào, quán jiārén jiāngyào lèjǐnkùtóu guòhuó. [Pinyin]",
          "text": "由於父親的收入減少，全家人將要勒緊褲頭過活。 [MSC, trad.]\n由于父亲的收入减少，全家人将要勒紧裤头过活。 [MSC, simp.]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "financial austerity; cost-cutting; consequence or measure of being financially poor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "austerity",
          "austerity"
        ],
        [
          "cost-cutting",
          "cost-cutting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lēi jǐn kùtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄟ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄎㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lēi jǐn kùtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei jǐn kùtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei¹ chin³ kʻu⁴-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lēi jǐn kù-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lhei jiin kuhtour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лэй цзинь кутоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lɛj czinʹ kutou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/leɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "勒緊褲帶"
    }
  ],
  "word": "勒緊褲頭"
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "勒緊褲頭"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "勒緊褲頭",
  "trace": ""
}