See 察察為明 on Wiktionary
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"form": "察察为明",
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"glosses": [
"to think one is discerning and shrewd for focusing on minutiae, but neglecting the bigger picture"
],
"id": "en-察察為明-zh-phrase-ns7JLtQy",
"links": [
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"discerning",
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],
[
"shrewd",
"shrewd"
],
[
"focus",
"focus"
],
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"minutiae",
"minutiae"
],
[
"neglect",
"neglect"
],
[
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"bigger picture"
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"roman": "cháchá'érmíng",
"word": "察察而明"
}
],
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]
}
],
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{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chácháwéimíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄔㄚˊ ㄔㄚˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "caat³ caat³ wai⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chácháwéimíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄔㄚˊ ㄔㄚˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chácháwéimíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻa²-chʻa²-wei²-ming²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chá-chá-wéi-míng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "charcharweiming"
},
{
"roman": "čačavɛjmin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "чачавэймин"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ miŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "caat³ caat³ wai⁴ ming⁴"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chaat chaat wàih mìhng"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsaat⁸ tsaat⁸ wai⁴ ming⁴"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cad³ cad³ wei⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰaːt̚³ t͡sʰaːt̚³ wɐi̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/",
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"word": "察察為明"
}
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"to think one is discerning and shrewd for focusing on minutiae, but neglecting the bigger picture"
],
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"discerning",
"discerning"
],
[
"shrewd",
"shrewd"
],
[
"focus",
"focus"
],
[
"minutiae",
"minutiae"
],
[
"neglect",
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"bigger picture",
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],
"zh_pron": "chácháwéimíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄔㄚˊ ㄔㄚˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "caat³ caat³ wai⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chácháwéimíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄔㄚˊ ㄔㄚˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "chácháwéimíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻa²-chʻa²-wei²-ming²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chá-chá-wéi-míng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "charcharweiming"
},
{
"roman": "čačavɛjmin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "чачавэймин"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ miŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "caat³ caat³ wai⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chaat chaat wàih mìhng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsaat⁸ tsaat⁸ wai⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cad³ cad³ wei⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰaːt̚³ t͡sʰaːt̚³ wɐi̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "cháchá'érmíng",
"word": "察察而明"
}
],
"word": "察察為明"
}
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