See 明珠暗投 on Wiktionary
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"the talented are neglected"
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"zh_pron": "míngzhū'àntóu"
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ ㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ"
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"zh_pron": "ming⁴ zyu¹ am³ tau⁴"
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],
"zh_pron": "mêng⁵ zu¹ am³ dao⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "míngzhū'àntóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ ㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "míngjhu-àntóu"
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ming²-chu¹-an⁴-tʻou²"
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"zh_pron": "míng-jū-àn-tóu"
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"zh_pron": "mingjuanntour"
},
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"roman": "minčžu’anʹtou",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "минчжу’аньтоу"
},
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"ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ˀän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
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"zh_pron": "ming⁴ zyu¹ am³ tau⁴"
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"zh_pron": "mìhng jyū am tàuh"
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"zh_pron": "ming⁴ dzy¹ am³ tau⁴"
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "ming⁴ ju¹ em³ teo⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵ ɐm³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
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"zh_pron": "mêng⁵ zu¹ am³ dao⁵"
},
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"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "mêng tsu àm tâu"
},
{
"ipa": "/meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su³³⁻²³ am²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tau⁵⁵/",
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"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"word": "明珠暗投"
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"the talented are neglected"
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"zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ ㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ming⁴ zyu¹ am³ tau⁴"
},
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"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
"zh_pron": "mêng⁵ zu¹ am³ dao⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "míngzhū'àntóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ ㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "míngjhu-àntóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ming²-chu¹-an⁴-tʻou²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "míng-jū-àn-tóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
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"zh_pron": "mingjuanntour"
},
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"roman": "minčžu’anʹtou",
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},
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"ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ˀän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "ming⁴ zyu¹ am³ tau⁴"
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mìhng jyū am tàuh"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ming⁴ dzy¹ am³ tau⁴"
},
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"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ming⁴ ju¹ em³ teo⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵ ɐm³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
"zh_pron": "mêng⁵ zu¹ am³ dao⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "mêng tsu àm tâu"
},
{
"ipa": "/meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su³³⁻²³ am²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tau⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"word": "明珠暗投"
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