See 擒賊擒王 on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "See 射人先射馬，擒賊先擒王 /射人先射马，擒贼先擒王 (shè rén xiān shè mǎ, qín zéi xiān qín wáng)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "擒贼擒王",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
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},
"expansion": "擒賊擒王",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thirty-Six Stratagems",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"If you want to round up a gang, you must get its chief first; To defeat the enemy, first capture their chief; to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief first"
],
"id": "en-擒賊擒王-zh-phrase-tE0wPnWB",
"links": [
[
"round up",
"round up"
],
[
"gang",
"gang"
],
[
"chief",
"chief"
],
[
"defeat",
"defeat"
],
[
"enemy",
"enemy"
],
[
"capture",
"capture"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "qínzéixiānqínwáng",
"word": "擒賊先擒王／擒贼先擒王"
},
{
"roman": "qínzéixiānqínwáng",
"word": "擒賊先擒王"
},
{
"roman": "qínzéixiānqínwáng",
"word": "擒贼先擒王"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "qínzéiqínwáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "kam⁴ caak⁶ kam⁴ wong⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "qínzéiqínwáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "cínzéicínwáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chʻin²-tsei²-chʻin²-wang²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chín-dzéi-chín-wáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "chyntzeirchynwang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "циньцзэйциньван"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "cinʹczɛjcinʹvan"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kàhm chaahk kàhm wòhng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kam⁴ tsaak⁹ kam⁴ wong⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "kem⁴ cag⁶ kem⁴ wong⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɐm²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚² kʰɐm²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɐm²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚² kʰɐm²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/"
}
],
"word": "擒賊擒王"
}
{
"etymology_text": "See 射人先射馬，擒賊先擒王 /射人先射马，擒贼先擒王 (shè rén xiān shè mǎ, qín zéi xiān qín wáng)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "擒贼擒王",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "擒賊擒王",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 擒",
"Chinese terms spelled with 王",
"Chinese terms spelled with 賊",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Thirty-Six Stratagems"
],
"glosses": [
"If you want to round up a gang, you must get its chief first; To defeat the enemy, first capture their chief; to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief first"
],
"links": [
[
"round up",
"round up"
],
[
"gang",
"gang"
],
[
"chief",
"chief"
],
[
"defeat",
"defeat"
],
[
"enemy",
"enemy"
],
[
"capture",
"capture"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "qínzéiqínwáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "kam⁴ caak⁶ kam⁴ wong⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "qínzéiqínwáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "cínzéicínwáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chʻin²-tsei²-chʻin²-wang²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chín-dzéi-chín-wáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "chyntzeirchynwang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "циньцзэйциньван"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "cinʹczɛjcinʹvan"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kàhm chaahk kàhm wòhng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kam⁴ tsaak⁹ kam⁴ wong⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "kem⁴ cag⁶ kem⁴ wong⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɐm²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚² kʰɐm²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɐm²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚² kʰɐm²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "qínzéixiānqínwáng",
"word": "擒賊先擒王／擒贼先擒王"
},
{
"roman": "qínzéixiānqínwáng",
"word": "擒賊先擒王"
},
{
"roman": "qínzéixiānqínwáng",
"word": "擒贼先擒王"
}
],
"word": "擒賊擒王"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 擒賊擒王 meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)
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