See 大意失荊州 on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Guan Yu had been assigned to defend Jingzhou. In a temporary lapse of judgement, he decided to go on the attack against Cao Cao. In doing so, he unwittingly gave Sun Quan an opportunity to attack Jingzhou. Guan Yu was captured, and later executed.",
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"literal_meaning": "carelessness lost Jingzhou",
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"roman": "Wǒmen juéduì bùnéng yīn qīngdí ér dàyì shī Jīngzhōu.",
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"text": "我們絕對不能因輕敵而大意失荊州。",
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"english": "We absolutely must not regard the enemy too lightly, and thereby make a bad call and lose the farm.",
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"roman": "Wǒmen juéduì bùnéng yīn qīngdí ér dàyì shī Jīngzhōu.",
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"text": "我们绝对不能因轻敌而大意失荆州。",
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"zh-pron": "dàyì shī Jīngzhōu"
},
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"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ ㄕ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄡ"
},
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"zh-pron": "dàyì shī Jīngzhōu"
},
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"zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ ㄕ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄡ"
},
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"zh-pron": "dàyì shih Jingjhou"
},
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"zh-pron": "ta⁴-i⁴ shih¹ Ching¹-chou¹"
},
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"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "dà-yì shr̄ Jīng-jōu"
},
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"standard"
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"zh-pron": "dahyih shy Jingjou"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "даи ши Цзинчжоу"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "dai ši Czinčžou"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/"
}
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"roman": "Wǒmen juéduì bùnéng yīn qīngdí ér dàyì shī Jīngzhōu.",
"tags": [
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"text": "我们绝对不能因轻敌而大意失荆州。",
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"zh-pron": "dàyì shī Jīngzhōu"
},
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"zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ ㄕ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄡ"
},
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"zh-pron": "dàyì shī Jīngzhōu"
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"standard"
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"zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ ㄕ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄡ"
},
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"zh-pron": "dàyì shih Jingjhou"
},
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"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
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"zh-pron": "ta⁴-i⁴ shih¹ Ching¹-chou¹"
},
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"standard"
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"zh-pron": "dà-yì shr̄ Jīng-jōu"
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"standard"
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"zh-pron": "dahyih shy Jingjou"
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"zh-pron": "даи ши Цзинчжоу"
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"standard"
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"zh-pron": "dai ši Czinčžou"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/",
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"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "大意失荊州"
}
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