See 又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草 on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
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"name": "head"
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "towant one's horse to run fast without letting it graze",
"pos": "phrase",
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to have one's cake and eat it too; to ask someone else to do something excessively while not willing to give him/her anything"
],
"id": "en-又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草-zh-phrase-~McNct3U",
"links": [
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"have one's cake and eat it too",
"have one's cake and eat it too"
],
[
"ask",
"ask"
],
[
"excessively",
"excessively"
],
[
"willing",
"willing"
],
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"give",
"give"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) to have one's cake and eat it too; to ask someone else to do something excessively while not willing to give him/her anything"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草／又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草"
},
{
"word": "又要馬兒跑得好，又要馬兒不吃草／又要马儿跑得好，又要马儿不吃草"
},
{
"word": "又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草"
},
{
"word": "又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草"
},
{
"word": "又要馬兒跑得好，又要馬兒不吃草"
},
{
"word": "又要马儿跑得好，又要马儿不吃草"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"word": "又要馬兒走得好，又要馬兒勿吃草"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"word": "又要马儿走得好，又要马儿勿吃草"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr hǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr bù chīcǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇㄦ ㄏㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇㄦ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄘㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jau⁶ jiu³ maa⁵ ji⁴ hou², jau⁶ jiu³ maa⁵ ji⁴ bat¹ hek³ cou²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr hǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr bù chīcǎo [Phonetic:yòuyàomárhǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr hǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr bù chihcǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yu⁴ yao⁴ ma³-ʼrh hao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yu⁴ yao⁴ ma³-ʼrh pu⁴ chʻih¹-tsʻao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yàu mǎr hǎu-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yàu mǎr bù chr̄-tsǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yow yaw maal hao"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yow yaw maal buh chybu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ю яо мар хао"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ю яо мар бу чицао"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ju jao mar xao"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ju jao mar bu čicao"
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yauh yiu máh yìh hóu, yauh yiu máh yìh bāt hek chóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jau⁶ jiu³ maa⁵ ji⁴ hou², jau⁶ jiu³ maa⁵ ji⁴ bat⁷ hek⁸ tsou²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yeo⁶ yiu³ ma⁵ yi⁴ hou², yeo⁶ yiu³ ma⁵ yi⁴ bed¹ hég³ cou²"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐu̯²² jiːu̯³³ maː¹³ jiː²¹ hou̯³⁵ jɐu̯²² jiːu̯³³ maː¹³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɛːk̚³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐu̯²² jiːu̯³³ maː¹³ jiː²¹ hou̯³⁵ jɐu̯²² jiːu̯³³ maː¹³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɛːk̚³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/"
}
],
"word": "又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
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"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草",
"name": "head"
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],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "towant one's horse to run fast without letting it graze",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
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"glosses": [
"to have one's cake and eat it too; to ask someone else to do something excessively while not willing to give him/her anything"
],
"links": [
[
"have one's cake and eat it too",
"have one's cake and eat it too"
],
[
"ask",
"ask"
],
[
"excessively",
"excessively"
],
[
"willing",
"willing"
],
[
"give",
"give"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) to have one's cake and eat it too; to ask someone else to do something excessively while not willing to give him/her anything"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr hǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr bù chīcǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇㄦ ㄏㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇㄦ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄘㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jau⁶ jiu³ maa⁵ ji⁴ hou², jau⁶ jiu³ maa⁵ ji⁴ bat¹ hek³ cou²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr hǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr bù chīcǎo [Phonetic:yòuyàomárhǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr hǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yào mǎr bù chihcǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yu⁴ yao⁴ ma³-ʼrh hao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yu⁴ yao⁴ ma³-ʼrh pu⁴ chʻih¹-tsʻao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yàu mǎr hǎu-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yòu yàu mǎr bù chr̄-tsǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yow yaw maal hao"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yow yaw maal buh chybu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ю яо мар хао"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ю яо мар бу чицао"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ju jao mar xao"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ju jao mar bu čicao"
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yauh yiu máh yìh hóu, yauh yiu máh yìh bāt hek chóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jau⁶ jiu³ maa⁵ ji⁴ hou², jau⁶ jiu³ maa⁵ ji⁴ bat⁷ hek⁸ tsou²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yeo⁶ yiu³ ma⁵ yi⁴ hou², yeo⁶ yiu³ ma⁵ yi⁴ bed¹ hég³ cou²"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐu̯²² jiːu̯³³ maː¹³ jiː²¹ hou̯³⁵ jɐu̯²² jiːu̯³³ maː¹³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɛːk̚³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐu̯²² jiːu̯³³ maː¹³ jiː²¹ hou̯³⁵ jɐu̯²² jiːu̯³³ maː¹³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɛːk̚³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草／又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草"
},
{
"word": "又要馬兒跑得好，又要馬兒不吃草／又要马儿跑得好，又要马儿不吃草"
},
{
"word": "又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草"
},
{
"word": "又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草"
},
{
"word": "又要馬兒跑得好，又要馬兒不吃草"
},
{
"word": "又要马儿跑得好，又要马儿不吃草"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"word": "又要馬兒走得好，又要馬兒勿吃草"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"word": "又要马儿走得好，又要马儿勿吃草"
}
],
"word": "又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草"
}
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