See 新官上任三把火 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "a new official has three fires when he takes up the new post",
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"a new broom sweeps clean"
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"id": "en-新官上任三把火-zh-proverb-HXQMq~27",
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"zh_pron": "xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ"
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"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
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"zh_pron": "san¹ gun¹ soeng⁵ jam⁶ saam¹ baa² fo²"
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"zh_pron": "xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ [Phonetic: xīnguānshàngrènsānbáhuǒ"
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"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
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"zh_pron": "sin guan shàngrèn san bǎ huǒ"
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"zh_pron": "hsin¹ kuan¹ shang⁴-jên⁴ san¹ pa³ huo³"
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"zh_pron": "syīn gwān shàng-rèn sān bǎ hwǒ"
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],
"zh_pron": "shin guan shanqrenn san baa huoo"
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"zh_pron": "синь гуань шанжэнь сань ба хо"
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"ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh_pron": "san¹ gun¹ soeng⁵ jam⁶ saam¹ baa² fo²"
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"zh_pron": "sān gūn séuhng yahm sāam bá fó"
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"zh_pron": "san¹ gun¹ soeng⁵ jam⁶ saam¹ baa² fo²"
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"zh_pron": "sen¹ gun¹ sêng⁵ yem⁶ sam¹ ba² fo²"
},
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"word": "新官上任三把火"
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"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
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"zh_pron": "xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ [Phonetic: xīnguānshàngrènsānbáhuǒ"
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
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"zh_pron": "hsin¹ kuan¹ shang⁴-jên⁴ san¹ pa³ huo³"
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"zh_pron": "syīn gwān shàng-rèn sān bǎ hwǒ"
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"zh_pron": "синь гуань шанжэнь сань ба хо"
},
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"ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh_pron": "san¹ gun¹ soeng⁵ jam⁶ saam¹ baa² fo²"
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"zh_pron": "sān gūn séuhng yahm sāam bá fó"
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"zh_pron": "san¹ gun¹ soeng⁵ jam⁶ saam¹ baa² fo²"
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"zh_pron": "sen¹ gun¹ sêng⁵ yem⁶ sam¹ ba² fo²"
},
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"word": "新官上任三把火"
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