See 大海撈針 on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
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}
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"literal_meaning": "dredge up a needle from the vast ocean",
"pos": "phrase",
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"to look for a needle in a haystack"
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]
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],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Beijing"
],
"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"N. Sixian"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Pingtung",
"Neipu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hsinchu County"
],
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"Hakka",
"Zhudong",
"Hailu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Taichung",
"Dongshi",
"Dabu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hsinchu County"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Qionglin",
"Raoping"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin",
"Lunbei",
"Zhao'an"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Dong",
"Fuzhou"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "tōa-hái-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilaojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ta⁴-hai³-lao¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dà-hǎi-lāu-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "dahhaelhaujen"
},
{
"roman": "daxajlaočžɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "дахайлаочжэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "daaih hói làauh jām"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dai⁶ hoi² lao⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "tōa-hái-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tuā-hái-lô-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "doaxhayloiciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "大海撈針"
}
{
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{
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"tags": [
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]
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],
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "大海撈針",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "dredge up a needle from the vast ocean",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 大",
"Chinese terms spelled with 撈",
"Chinese terms spelled with 海",
"Chinese terms spelled with 針",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to look for a needle in a haystack"
],
"links": [
[
"needle in a haystack",
"needle in a haystack"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "tōa-hái-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilaojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ta⁴-hai³-lao¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dà-hǎi-lāu-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "dahhaelhaujen"
},
{
"roman": "daxajlaočžɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "дахайлаочжэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "daaih hói làauh jām"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dai⁶ hoi² lao⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "tōa-hái-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tuā-hái-lô-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "doaxhayloiciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Beijing"
],
"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"N. Sixian"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"S. Sixian"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Pingtung",
"Neipu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hsinchu County"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Zhudong",
"Hailu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Taichung",
"Dongshi",
"Dabu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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"Hsinchu County"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Qionglin",
"Raoping"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin",
"Lunbei",
"Zhao'an"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Dong",
"Fuzhou"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
}
],
"word": "大海撈針"
}
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