See 叫天天不應，叫地地不靈 on Wiktionary
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{
"etymology_text": "Literally: Cry out to the heavens, but the heavens don't respond. Cry out to the earth, but the earth is impervious.",
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"expansion": "叫天天不應，叫地地不靈",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"parents": [
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be up the creek without a paddle; to be without any aid"
],
"id": "en-叫天天不應，叫地地不靈-zh-phrase-BxV76~md",
"tags": [
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"sounds": [
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiào tiān tiān bù yìng, jiào dì dì bù líng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄥˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiào tiān tiān bù yìng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiào dì dì bù líng [Phonetic:jiào tiān tiān bú yìng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiào dì dì bù líng]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiào tian tian bù yìng, jiào dì dì bù líng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chiao⁴ tʻien¹ tʻien¹ pu⁴ ying⁴, chiao⁴ ti⁴ ti⁴ pu⁴ ling²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyàu tyān tyān bù yìng-, jyàu dì dì bù líng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiaw tian tian bu yinq, jiaw dih dih bu ling"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяо тянь тянь бу ин"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяо ди ди бу лин"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjao tjanʹ tjanʹ bu in"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjao di di bu lin"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/"
}
],
"word": "叫天天不應，叫地地不靈"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Literally: Cry out to the heavens, but the heavens don't respond. Cry out to the earth, but the earth is impervious.",
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"2": "idiom"
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"expansion": "叫天天不應，叫地地不靈",
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi"
],
"glosses": [
"to be up the creek without a paddle; to be without any aid"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiào tiān tiān bù yìng, jiào dì dì bù líng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄥˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiào tiān tiān bù yìng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiào dì dì bù líng [Phonetic:jiào tiān tiān bú yìng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiào dì dì bù líng]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiào tian tian bù yìng, jiào dì dì bù líng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chiao⁴ tʻien¹ tʻien¹ pu⁴ ying⁴, chiao⁴ ti⁴ ti⁴ pu⁴ ling²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyàu tyān tyān bù yìng-, jyàu dì dì bù líng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiaw tian tian bu yinq, jiaw dih dih bu ling"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяо тянь тянь бу ин"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяо ди ди бу лин"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjao tjanʹ tjanʹ bu in"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjao di di bu lin"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/"
}
],
"word": "叫天天不應，叫地地不靈"
}
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"msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
"path": [
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"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "叫天天不應，叫地地不靈",
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}
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