See 失之東隅，收之桑榆 on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Literally: What you lose in the morning, you gain back in the evening.",
"forms": [
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"form": "失之东隅，收之桑榆",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
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}
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"english": "The old saying gain back in the evening what you lost in the morning could not be more appropriate for describing the Chinese sharp shooting team's performance at the olympic games on the 16th.",
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"MSC",
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"ref": " 2004: Xinhua.net staff, 中国射击队在16日：失之东隅 收之桑榆 (Chinese sharp shooting team makes a comeback on the 16th)",
"roman": "Yòng “shīzhīdōngyú, shōuzhīsāngyú” lái xíngróng zhōngguó shèjīduì １６ rì zài àoyùn sàichǎng shàng de biǎoxiàn zài héshì bù guò.",
"tags": [
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],
"text": "用「失之東隅，收之桑榆」來形容中國射擊隊１６日在奧運賽場上的表現再合適不過。",
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"english": "The old saying gain back in the evening what you lost in the morning could not be more appropriate for describing the Chinese sharp shooting team's performance at the olympic games on the 16th.",
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"Simplified Chinese"
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"ref": " 2004: Xinhua.net staff, 中国射击队在16日：失之东隅 收之桑榆 (Chinese sharp shooting team makes a comeback on the 16th)",
"roman": "Yòng “shīzhīdōngyú, shōuzhīsāngyú” lái xíngróng zhōngguó shèjīduì １６ rì zài àoyùn sàichǎng shàng de biǎoxiàn zài héshì bù guò.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "用「失之东隅，收之桑榆」来形容中国射击队１６日在奥运赛场上的表现再合适不过。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to lose one thing but gain another"
],
"id": "en-失之東隅，收之桑榆-zh-proverb-RqG7LiRh",
"links": [
[
"lose",
"lose"
],
[
"gain",
"gain"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shī zhī dōngyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shōu zhī sāngyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕ ㄓ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄩˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕㄡ ㄓ ㄙㄤ ㄩˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "sat¹ zi¹ dung¹ jyu⁴, sau¹ zi¹ song¹ jyu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shī zhī dōngyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shōu zhī sāngyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shih jhih dongyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shou jhih sangyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "shih¹ chih¹ tung¹-yü²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "shou¹ chih¹ sang¹-yü²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "shr̄ jr̄ dūng-yú-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "shōu jr̄ sāng-yú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shy jy dongyu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shou jy sangyu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ши чжи дунъюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "шоу чжи санъюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ši čži dunʺjuj"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "šou čži sanʺjuj"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sāt jī dūng yùh, sāu jī sōng yùh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sat⁷ dzi¹ dung¹ jy⁴, sau¹ dzi¹ song¹ jy⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sed¹ ji¹ dung¹ yu⁴, seo¹ ji¹ song¹ yu⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/"
}
],
"word": "失之東隅，收之桑榆"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Literally: What you lose in the morning, you gain back in the evening.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "失之东隅，收之桑榆",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "proverb",
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"Cantonese proverbs",
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"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 之",
"Chinese terms spelled with 失",
"Chinese terms spelled with 收",
"Chinese terms spelled with 東",
"Chinese terms spelled with 桑",
"Chinese terms spelled with 榆",
"Chinese terms spelled with 隅",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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],
"ref": " 2004: Xinhua.net staff, 中国射击队在16日：失之东隅 收之桑榆 (Chinese sharp shooting team makes a comeback on the 16th)",
"roman": "Yòng “shīzhīdōngyú, shōuzhīsāngyú” lái xíngróng zhōngguó shèjīduì １６ rì zài àoyùn sàichǎng shàng de biǎoxiàn zài héshì bù guò.",
"tags": [
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],
"text": "用「失之東隅，收之桑榆」來形容中國射擊隊１６日在奧運賽場上的表現再合適不過。",
"type": "quote"
},
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"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " 2004: Xinhua.net staff, 中国射击队在16日：失之东隅 收之桑榆 (Chinese sharp shooting team makes a comeback on the 16th)",
"roman": "Yòng “shīzhīdōngyú, shōuzhīsāngyú” lái xíngróng zhōngguó shèjīduì １６ rì zài àoyùn sàichǎng shàng de biǎoxiàn zài héshì bù guò.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "用「失之东隅，收之桑榆」来形容中国射击队１６日在奥运赛场上的表现再合适不过。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to lose one thing but gain another"
],
"links": [
[
"lose",
"lose"
],
[
"gain",
"gain"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shī zhī dōngyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shōu zhī sāngyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕ ㄓ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄩˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕㄡ ㄓ ㄙㄤ ㄩˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "sat¹ zi¹ dung¹ jyu⁴, sau¹ zi¹ song¹ jyu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shī zhī dōngyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shōu zhī sāngyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shih jhih dongyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "shou jhih sangyú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "shih¹ chih¹ tung¹-yü²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "shou¹ chih¹ sang¹-yü²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "shr̄ jr̄ dūng-yú-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "shōu jr̄ sāng-yú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shy jy dongyu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shou jy sangyu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ши чжи дунъюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "шоу чжи санъюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ši čži dunʺjuj"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "šou čži sanʺjuj"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sāt jī dūng yùh, sāu jī sōng yùh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sat⁷ dzi¹ dung¹ jy⁴, sau¹ dzi¹ song¹ jy⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sed¹ ji¹ dung¹ yu⁴, seo¹ ji¹ song¹ yu⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹/"
}
],
"word": "失之東隅，收之桑榆"
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