See 抱殘守缺 on Wiktionary
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"form": "抱残守缺",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "抱殘守闕"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn",
"pos": "phrase",
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"word": "保殘守缺"
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"glosses": [
"to be conservative and not receptive to new things; to be a stickler for ancient ways and things"
],
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"links": [
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"conservative",
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"receptive",
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],
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"stickler",
"stickler"
],
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"ancient",
"ancient"
],
[
"ways",
"ways"
],
[
"things",
"things"
]
],
"tags": [
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},
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"to be faithful to ancient ways and things"
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"id": "en-抱殘守缺-zh-phrase-7kyH8C7a",
"links": [
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"faithful",
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],
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"ancient",
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],
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"way",
"way"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
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},
{
"glosses": [
"to keep working under bad conditions"
],
"id": "en-抱殘守缺-zh-phrase-qyyKPgfZ",
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"keep",
"keep"
],
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"work",
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],
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"bad",
"bad"
],
[
"condition",
"condition"
]
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bàocánshǒuquē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄠˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄝ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "pou⁵ caan⁴ sau² kyut³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bàocánshǒuquē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄠˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄝ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bàocánshǒucyue"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pao⁴-tsʻan²-shou³-chʻüeh¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bàu-tsán-shǒu-chywē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bawtsarnshoouchiue"
},
{
"roman": "baocanʹšoucjue",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "баоцаньшоуцюэ"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "pou⁵ caan⁴ sau² kyut³"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "póuh chàahn sáu kyut"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "pou⁵ tsaan⁴ sau² kyt⁸"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "pou⁵ can⁴ seo² küd³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰou̯¹³ t͡sʰaːn²¹ sɐu̯³⁵ kʰyːt̚³/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "抱殘守缺"
}
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"forms": [
{
"form": "抱残守缺",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "抱殘守闕"
}
],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"word": "保殘守缺"
},
{
"word": "保残守缺"
}
],
"senses": [
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"glosses": [
"to be conservative and not receptive to new things; to be a stickler for ancient ways and things"
],
"links": [
[
"conservative",
"conservative"
],
[
"receptive",
"receptive"
],
[
"stickler",
"stickler"
],
[
"ancient",
"ancient"
],
[
"ways",
"ways"
],
[
"things",
"things"
]
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"tags": [
"idiomatic"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"to be faithful to ancient ways and things"
],
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[
"faithful",
"faithful"
],
[
"ancient",
"ancient"
],
[
"way",
"way"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to keep working under bad conditions"
],
"links": [
[
"keep",
"keep"
],
[
"work",
"work"
],
[
"bad",
"bad"
],
[
"condition",
"condition"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bàocánshǒuquē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄠˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄝ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "pou⁵ caan⁴ sau² kyut³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bàocánshǒuquē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄠˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄝ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bàocánshǒucyue"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pao⁴-tsʻan²-shou³-chʻüeh¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bàu-tsán-shǒu-chywē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bawtsarnshoouchiue"
},
{
"roman": "baocanʹšoucjue",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "баоцаньшоуцюэ"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "pou⁵ caan⁴ sau² kyut³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "póuh chàahn sáu kyut"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "pou⁵ tsaan⁴ sau² kyt⁸"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "pou⁵ can⁴ seo² küd³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰou̯¹³ t͡sʰaːn²¹ sɐu̯³⁵ kʰyːt̚³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "抱殘守缺"
}
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