"文以載道" meaning in All languages combined

See 文以載道 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /wən³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mɐn²¹ jiː¹³ t͡sɔːi̯³³ tou̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wən³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/, /mɐn²¹ jiː¹³ t͡sɔːi̯³³ tou̯²²/ Chinese transliterations: wényǐzàidào [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], man⁴ ji⁵ zoi³ dou⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wényǐzàidào [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wúnyǐzàidào [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wên²-i³-tsai⁴-tao⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wén-yǐ-dzài-dàu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], wenyiitzaydaw [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], вэньицзайдао [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], vɛnʹiczajdao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], màhn yíh joi douh [Cantonese, Yale], man⁴ ji⁵ dzoi³ dou⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], men⁴ yi⁵ zoi³ dou⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 文以载道
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 文以載道
  1. literature is a vehicle for moral teaching Tags: idiomatic Related terms: 獨抒性靈 (dúshūxìnglíng), 独抒性灵 (dúshūxìnglíng)
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    {
      "form": "文以载道",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "文以載道",
      "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": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "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",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Literature",
          "orig": "zh:Literature",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "literature is a vehicle for moral teaching"
      ],
      "id": "en-文以載道-zh-phrase-z1xkH1sz",
      "links": [
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "moral",
          "moral"
        ],
        [
          "teaching",
          "teaching"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "dúshūxìnglíng",
          "word": "獨抒性靈"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dúshūxìnglíng",
          "word": "独抒性灵"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wényǐzàidào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ ji⁵ zoi³ dou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wényǐzàidào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúnyǐzàidào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wên²-i³-tsai⁴-tao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén-yǐ-dzài-dàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wenyiitzaydaw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэньицзайдао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛnʹiczajdao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màhn yíh joi douh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ ji⁵ dzoi³ dou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴ yi⁵ zoi³ dou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ jiː¹³ t͡sɔːi̯³³ tou̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ jiː¹³ t͡sɔːi̯³³ tou̯²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "文以載道"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "文以载道",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "文以載道",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "dúshūxìnglíng",
      "word": "獨抒性靈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dúshūxìnglíng",
      "word": "独抒性灵"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 以",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 文",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 載",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 道",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:Literature"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "literature is a vehicle for moral teaching"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "moral",
          "moral"
        ],
        [
          "teaching",
          "teaching"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wényǐzàidào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ ji⁵ zoi³ dou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wényǐzàidào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúnyǐzàidào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wên²-i³-tsai⁴-tao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén-yǐ-dzài-dàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wenyiitzaydaw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэньицзайдао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛnʹiczajdao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màhn yíh joi douh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ ji⁵ dzoi³ dou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴ yi⁵ zoi³ dou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ jiː¹³ t͡sɔːi̯³³ tou̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ jiː¹³ t͡sɔːi̯³³ tou̯²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "文以載道"
}

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