"唯恐天下不亂" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² pɐt̚⁵ lyːn²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /d͡zui³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰĩ³³⁻²³ e³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ luaŋ³⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 唯恐天下不乱 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 唯恐天下不亂
  1. to desire to see the world in chaos Tags: idiomatic
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      "form": "唯恐天下不乱",
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      ]
    }
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    {
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "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 desire to see the world in chaos"
      ],
      "id": "en-唯恐天下不亂-zh-phrase-dDcjGjql",
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "chaos",
          "chaos"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi kǒng tiānxià bù luàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ hung² tin¹ haa⁶ bat¹ lyun⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rui⁶ kiong² tin¹ ê⁶ bug⁴ luang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi kǒng tiānxià bù luàn [Phonetic: wéi kǒng tiānxià bú luàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi kǒng tiansià bù luàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei² kʻung³ tʻien¹-hsia⁴ pu⁴ luan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi kǔng tyān-syà bù lwàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei koong tianshiah bu luann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛj kun tjanʹsja bu luanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэй кун тянься бу луань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ hung² tin¹ haa⁶ bat¹ lyun⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàih húng tīn hah bāt lyuhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ hung² tin¹ haa⁶ bat⁷ lyn⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei⁴ hung² tin¹ ha⁶ bed¹ lün⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² pɐt̚⁵ lyːn²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rui⁶ kiong² tin¹ ê⁶ bug⁴ luang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jŭi khióng thiⁿ ĕ puk luăng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zui³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰĩ³³⁻²³ e³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ luaŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "唯恐天下不亂"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "唯恐天下不乱",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "唯恐天下不亂",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 下",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 亂",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 唯",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 天",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 恐",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew idioms",
        "Teochew lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to desire to see the world in chaos"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "chaos",
          "chaos"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi kǒng tiānxià bù luàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ hung² tin¹ haa⁶ bat¹ lyun⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rui⁶ kiong² tin¹ ê⁶ bug⁴ luang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi kǒng tiānxià bù luàn [Phonetic: wéi kǒng tiānxià bú luàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi kǒng tiansià bù luàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei² kʻung³ tʻien¹-hsia⁴ pu⁴ luan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi kǔng tyān-syà bù lwàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei koong tianshiah bu luann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛj kun tjanʹsja bu luanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэй кун тянься бу луань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ hung² tin¹ haa⁶ bat¹ lyun⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàih húng tīn hah bāt lyuhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ hung² tin¹ haa⁶ bat⁷ lyn⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei⁴ hung² tin¹ ha⁶ bed¹ lün⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² pɐt̚⁵ lyːn²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rui⁶ kiong² tin¹ ê⁶ bug⁴ luang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jŭi khióng thiⁿ ĕ puk luăng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zui³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰĩ³³⁻²³ e³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ luaŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "唯恐天下不亂"
}

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