See 巧婦難為無米之炊 on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "巧妇难为无米之炊",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
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},
"expansion": "巧婦難為無米之炊",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
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"kind": "other",
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},
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}
],
"glosses": [
"you can’t make bricks without straw"
],
"id": "en-巧婦難為無米之炊-zh-proverb-alt0MF1b",
"links": [
[
"make bricks without straw",
"make bricks without straw"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiǎofù nánwéi wúmǐzhīchuī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "haau² fu⁵ naan⁴ wai⁴ mou⁴ mai⁵ zi¹ ceoi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiǎofù nánwéi wúmǐzhīchuī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ciǎofù nánwéi wúmǐjhihchuei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻiao³-fu⁴ nan²-wei² wu²-mi³-chih¹-chʻui¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyǎu-fù nán-wéi wú-mǐ-jr̄-chwēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "cheaufuh nanwei wumiijychuei"
},
{
"roman": "cjaofu nanʹvɛj umičžičuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цяофу наньвэй умичжичуй"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ nän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ u³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "haau² fu⁵ naan⁴ wai⁴ mou⁴ mai⁵ zi¹ ceoi¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "háau fúh nàahn wàih mòuh máih jī chēui"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "haau² fu⁵ naan⁴ wai⁴ mou⁴ mai⁵ dzi¹ tsoey¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "hao² fu⁵ nan⁴ wei⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵ ji¹ cêu¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/haːu̯³⁵ fuː¹³ naːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "巧婦難為無米之炊"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "巧妇难为无米之炊",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "巧婦難為無米之炊",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
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"Cantonese proverbs",
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"Chinese lemmas",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 之",
"Chinese terms spelled with 婦",
"Chinese terms spelled with 巧",
"Chinese terms spelled with 炊",
"Chinese terms spelled with 為",
"Chinese terms spelled with 無",
"Chinese terms spelled with 米",
"Chinese terms spelled with 難",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"glosses": [
"you can’t make bricks without straw"
],
"links": [
[
"make bricks without straw",
"make bricks without straw"
]
]
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],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiǎofù nánwéi wúmǐzhīchuī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "haau² fu⁵ naan⁴ wai⁴ mou⁴ mai⁵ zi¹ ceoi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiǎofù nánwéi wúmǐzhīchuī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ciǎofù nánwéi wúmǐjhihchuei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻiao³-fu⁴ nan²-wei² wu²-mi³-chih¹-chʻui¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyǎu-fù nán-wéi wú-mǐ-jr̄-chwēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "cheaufuh nanwei wumiijychuei"
},
{
"roman": "cjaofu nanʹvɛj umičžičuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цяофу наньвэй умичжичуй"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ nän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ u³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "haau² fu⁵ naan⁴ wai⁴ mou⁴ mai⁵ zi¹ ceoi¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "háau fúh nàahn wàih mòuh máih jī chēui"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "haau² fu⁵ naan⁴ wai⁴ mou⁴ mai⁵ dzi¹ tsoey¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "hao² fu⁵ nan⁴ wei⁴ mou⁴ mei⁵ ji¹ cêu¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/haːu̯³⁵ fuː¹³ naːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "巧婦難為無米之炊"
}
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