See 寸草不生 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "not even an inch of grass grows",
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"glosses": [
"completely barren; completely devoid of vegetation"
],
"id": "en-寸草不生-zh-phrase-eqL~r~bf",
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"(of land) completely barren; completely devoid of vegetation"
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"zh-pron": "cùncǎobùshēng"
},
{
"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "cyun³ cou² bat¹ sang¹"
},
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"zh-pron": "cùncǎobùshēng"
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"zh-pron": "ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "cùncǎobùsheng"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "tsʻun⁴-tsʻao³-pu⁴-shêng¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "tswùn-tsǎu-bù-shēng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "tsuenntsaobusheng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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],
"zh-pron": "цуньцаобушэн"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "cunʹcaobušɛn"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
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},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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],
"zh-pron": "chyun chóu bāt sāng"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsyn³ tsou² bat⁷ sang¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "qun³ cou² bed¹ seng¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/"
}
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"word": "寸草不生"
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"literal_meaning": "not even an inch of grass grows",
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"devoid",
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"(of land) completely barren; completely devoid of vegetation"
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"zh-pron": "cùncǎobùshēng"
},
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"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "cyun³ cou² bat¹ sang¹"
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"zh-pron": "cùncǎobùshēng"
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"zh-pron": "ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "cùncǎobùsheng"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "tsʻun⁴-tsʻao³-pu⁴-shêng¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "tswùn-tsǎu-bù-shēng"
},
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"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "tsuenntsaobusheng"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "цуньцаобушэн"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "cunʹcaobušɛn"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chyun chóu bāt sāng"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsyn³ tsou² bat⁷ sang¹"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "qun³ cou² bed¹ seng¹"
},
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"ipa": "/t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "寸草不生"
}
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