See 南橘北枳 on Wiktionary
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"english": "Yan Ying heard that tangerines grown south of the Huai River become mandarin oranges, while those grown in the north become trifoliate oranges. Their leaves are similar, but their flavors are not. So why does this happen? It is because of different environments.",
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"ref": " Annals of Master Yan, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Yīng wén zhī, jú shēng huáinán zé wéi jú, shēng yú huái běi zé wéi zhǐ, yè tú xiàngsì, qí shí wèi bùtóng. Suǒyǐ rán zhě hé? Shuǐtǔ yì yě.",
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"text": "嬰聞之，橘生淮南則為橘，生于淮北則為枳，葉徒相似，其實味不同。所以然者何？水土異也。",
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"english": "Yan Ying heard that tangerines grown south of the Huai River become mandarin oranges, while those grown in the north become trifoliate oranges. Their leaves are similar, but their flavors are not. So why does this happen? It is because of different environments.",
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"ref": " Annals of Master Yan, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Yīng wén zhī, jú shēng huáinán zé wéi jú, shēng yú huái běi zé wéi zhǐ, yè tú xiàngsì, qí shí wèi bùtóng. Suǒyǐ rán zhě hé? Shuǐtǔ yì yě.",
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"text": "婴闻之，橘生淮南则为橘，生于淮北则为枳，叶徒相似，其实味不同。所以然者何？水土异也。",
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"roman": "huáijúwéizhǐ",
"word": "淮橘為枳／淮橘为枳"
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"roman": "huáijúwéizhǐ",
"word": "淮橘為枳"
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"zh-pron": "nánjúběizhǐ"
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"zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄩˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄓˇ"
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"zh-pron": "nánjúběizhǐ [Phonetic:nánjúbéizhǐ]"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "nánjyúběijhǐh"
},
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"zh-pron": "nan²-chü²-pei³-chih³"
},
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"zh-pron": "nán-jyú-běi-jř"
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"zh-pron": "nanjyubeeijyy"
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"zh-pron": "наньцзюйбэйчжи"
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"zh-pron": "nanʹczjujbɛjčži"
},
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"ipa": "/nän³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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},
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"ipa": "/nän³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"word": "南橘北枳"
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"english": "Yan Ying heard that tangerines grown south of the Huai River become mandarin oranges, while those grown in the north become trifoliate oranges. Their leaves are similar, but their flavors are not. So why does this happen? It is because of different environments.",
"raw_tags": [
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"roman": "Yīng wén zhī, jú shēng huáinán zé wéi jú, shēng yú huái běi zé wéi zhǐ, yè tú xiàngsì, qí shí wèi bùtóng. Suǒyǐ rán zhě hé? Shuǐtǔ yì yě.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "嬰聞之，橘生淮南則為橘，生于淮北則為枳，葉徒相似，其實味不同。所以然者何？水土異也。",
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"english": "Yan Ying heard that tangerines grown south of the Huai River become mandarin oranges, while those grown in the north become trifoliate oranges. Their leaves are similar, but their flavors are not. So why does this happen? It is because of different environments.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
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"ref": " Annals of Master Yan, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Yīng wén zhī, jú shēng huáinán zé wéi jú, shēng yú huái běi zé wéi zhǐ, yè tú xiàngsì, qí shí wèi bùtóng. Suǒyǐ rán zhě hé? Shuǐtǔ yì yě.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "婴闻之，橘生淮南则为橘，生于淮北则为枳，叶徒相似，其实味不同。所以然者何？水土异也。",
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],
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"zh-pron": "nánjúběizhǐ"
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"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄩˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄓˇ"
},
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"zh-pron": "nánjúběizhǐ [Phonetic:nánjúbéizhǐ]"
},
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"zh-pron": "nánjyúběijhǐh"
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"zh-pron": "nan²-chü²-pei³-chih³"
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"zh-pron": "nán-jyú-běi-jř"
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"zh-pron": "nanjyubeeijyy"
},
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"zh-pron": "наньцзюйбэйчжи"
},
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"zh-pron": "nanʹczjujbɛjčži"
},
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"ipa": "/nän³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"ipa": "/nän³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"roman": "huáijúwéizhǐ",
"word": "淮橘為枳／淮橘为枳"
},
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"roman": "huáijúwéizhǐ",
"word": "淮橘為枳"
},
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"roman": "huáijúwéizhǐ",
"word": "淮橘为枳"
}
],
"word": "南橘北枳"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 南橘北枳 meaning in All languages combined (3.4kB)
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