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"1": "@投 我 以 @桃，@報 之 以 @李。",
"2": "When one throws to me a peach, I return to him a plum.",
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"expansion": "投我以桃，報之以李。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]投我以桃，报之以李。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nTóu wǒ yǐ táo, bào zhī yǐ lǐ. [Pinyin]\nWhen one throws to me a peach, I return to him a plum.",
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"etymology_text": "From the Classic of Poetry, poem 256 (《詩經·大雅·抑》):\n:\n投我以桃，報之以李。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]投我以桃，报之以李。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nTóu wǒ yǐ táo, bào zhī yǐ lǐ. [Pinyin]\nWhen one throws to me a peach, I return to him a plum.",
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"to return a favor; to exchange gifts; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
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"zh-pron": "tóutáobàolǐ"
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"zh-pron": "ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄠˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ"
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"zh-pron": "tau⁴ tou⁴ bou³ lei⁵"
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"zh-pron": "tʻou²-tʻao²-pao⁴-li³"
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"zh-pron": "tóu-táu-bàu-lǐ"
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"zh-pron": "tourtaurbawlii"
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"zh-pron": "тоутаобаоли"
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"zh-pron": "toutaobaoli"
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"ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh-pron": "tàuh tòuh bou léih"
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"zh-pron": "tau⁴ tou⁴ bou³ lei⁵"
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"zh-pron": "teo⁴ tou⁴ bou³ léi⁵"
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"ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"zh-pron": "ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄠˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ"
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"zh-pron": "tau⁴ tou⁴ bou³ lei⁵"
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"zh-pron": "tóutáobàolǐ"
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"zh-pron": "tóutáobàolǐ"
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"zh-pron": "tʻou²-tʻao²-pao⁴-li³"
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"zh-pron": "tóu-táu-bàu-lǐ"
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"zh-pron": "toutaobaoli"
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"zh-pron": "tàuh tòuh bou léih"
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"zh-pron": "tau⁴ tou⁴ bou³ lei⁵"
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"zh-pron": "teo⁴ tou⁴ bou³ léi⁵"
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"ipa": "/tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹ pou̯³³ lei̯¹³/",
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"ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"ipa": "/tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹ pou̯³³ lei̯¹³/"
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