See 因噎廢食 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "to not eat because of [fear or experience of] choking",
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"text": "不能因為死刑可能造成誤判而廢除死刑，這是因噎廢食",
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"text": "不能因为死刑可能造成误判而废除死刑，这是因噎废食",
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"word": "見噎廢食／见噎废食"
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"word": "以噎廢飧／以噎废飧"
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"word": "見噎廢食"
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"zh-pron": "yīnyēfèishí"
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"zh-pron": "ㄧㄣ ㄧㄝ ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˊ"
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"zh-pron": "jan¹ jit³ fai³ sik⁶"
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"zh-pron": "иньефэйши"
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"zh-pron": "inʹjefɛjši"
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"ipa": "/in⁵⁵ jɛ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "yān yit fai sihk"
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"zh-pron": "jan¹ jit⁸ fai³ sik⁹"
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"zh-pron": "yen¹ yid³ fei³ xig⁶"
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"zh-pron": "yīnyēfèishí"
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"zh-pron": "ㄧㄣ ㄧㄝ ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˊ"
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"zh-pron": "jan¹ jit³ fai³ sik⁶"
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"zh-pron": "иньефэйши"
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"zh-pron": "inʹjefɛjši"
},
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"ipa": "/in⁵⁵ jɛ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "yān yit fai sihk"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "jan¹ jit⁸ fai³ sik⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "yen¹ yid³ fei³ xig⁶"
},
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"ipa": "/jɐn⁵⁵ jiːt̚³ fɐi̯³³ sɪk̚²/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/in⁵⁵ jɛ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/"
},
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"word": "見噎廢食／见噎废食"
},
{
"word": "以噎廢飧／以噎废飧"
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"word": "見噎廢食"
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{
"word": "见噎废食"
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{
"word": "以噎廢飧"
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"word": "因噎廢食"
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