See 捨本逐末 on Wiktionary
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"form": "舍本逐末",
"tags": [
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}
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"expansion": "捨本逐末",
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"glosses": [
"to attend to minor unimportant details while neglecting the essentials"
],
"id": "en-捨本逐末-zh-phrase-6XWw9rsc",
"links": [
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"attend",
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],
"zh_pron": "shěběnzhúmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "se² bun² zuk⁶ mut⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shěběnzhúmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "shéběnzhúmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shěběnjhúmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "shê³-pên³-chu²-mo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "shě-běn-jú-mwò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "sheebeenjwumoh"
},
{
"roman": "šɛbɛnʹčžumo",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "шэбэньчжумо"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "se² bun² zuk⁶ mut⁶"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sé bún juhk muht"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "se² bun² dzuk⁹ mut⁹"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sé² bun² zug⁶ mud⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ puːn³⁵ t͡sʊk̚² muːt̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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}
],
"word": "捨本逐末"
}
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"form": "舍本逐末",
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"pos": "phrase",
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"Chinese chengyu",
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"Chinese idioms",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 捨",
"Chinese terms spelled with 末",
"Chinese terms spelled with 本",
"Chinese terms spelled with 逐",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
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"glosses": [
"to attend to minor unimportant details while neglecting the essentials"
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"attend",
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"neglect",
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"essential",
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"zh_pron": "shěběnzhúmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "se² bun² zuk⁶ mut⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shěběnzhúmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "shéběnzhúmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shěběnjhúmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "shê³-pên³-chu²-mo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "shě-běn-jú-mwò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "sheebeenjwumoh"
},
{
"roman": "šɛbɛnʹčžumo",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "шэбэньчжумо"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "se² bun² zuk⁶ mut⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sé bún juhk muht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "se² bun² dzuk⁹ mut⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sé² bun² zug⁶ mud⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ puːn³⁵ t͡sʊk̚² muːt̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "捨本逐末"
}
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