See 望洋興嘆 on Wiktionary
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"english": "Then he began to turn his face round, looked across the expanse, as if he were confronting Ruo, and said with a sigh.",
"raw_tags": [
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"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Yúshì yān Hébó shǐ xuán qí miànmù, wàngyáng xiàng Ruò ér tàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "於是焉河伯始旋其面目，望洋向若而歎。",
"type": "quote"
},
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"english": "Then he began to turn his face round, looked across the expanse, as if he were confronting Ruo, and said with a sigh.",
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"ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Yúshì yān Hébó shǐ xuán qí miànmù, wàngyáng xiàng Ruò ér tàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "于是焉河伯始旋其面目，望洋向若而叹。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the book Zhuangzi.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "望洋兴叹",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "望洋興歎",
"raw_tags": [
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}
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"glosses": [
"to lament one's littleness in face of something vast and great; to feel powerless in face of a great task"
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"sounds": [
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"zh-pron": "wàngyángxīngtàn"
},
{
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ joeng⁴ hing¹ taan³"
},
{
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "wàngyángxīngtàn"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "wàngyángsingtàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "wang⁴-yang²-hsing¹-tʻan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "wàng-yáng-syīng-tàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "wanqyangshingtann"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ванъянсинтань"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "vanʺjansintanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "mohng yèuhng hīng taan"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ joeng⁴ hing¹ taan³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ yêng⁴ hing¹ tan³"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² jœːŋ²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/",
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"Cantonese",
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},
{
"ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² jœːŋ²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/"
}
],
"word": "望洋興嘆"
}
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"english": "Then he began to turn his face round, looked across the expanse, as if he were confronting Ruo, and said with a sigh.",
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"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Yúshì yān Hébó shǐ xuán qí miànmù, wàngyáng xiàng Ruò ér tàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "於是焉河伯始旋其面目，望洋向若而歎。",
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],
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"roman": "Yúshì yān Hébó shǐ xuán qí miànmù, wàngyáng xiàng Ruò ér tàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "于是焉河伯始旋其面目，望洋向若而叹。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the book Zhuangzi.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "望洋兴叹",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "望洋興歎",
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"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 嘆",
"Chinese terms spelled with 望",
"Chinese terms spelled with 洋",
"Chinese terms spelled with 興",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
"Mandarin chengyu",
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"glosses": [
"to lament one's littleness in face of something vast and great; to feel powerless in face of a great task"
],
"links": [
[
"lament",
"lament"
],
[
"littleness",
"littleness"
],
[
"face",
"face"
],
[
"vast",
"vast"
],
[
"great",
"great"
],
[
"feel",
"feel"
],
[
"powerless",
"powerless"
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[
"task",
"task"
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"zh-pron": "wàngyángxīngtàn"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ joeng⁴ hing¹ taan³"
},
{
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"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "wàngyángxīngtàn"
},
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"Mandarin",
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],
"zh-pron": "wàngyángsingtàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "wang⁴-yang²-hsing¹-tʻan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "wàng-yáng-syīng-tàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "wanqyangshingtann"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ванъянсинтань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "vanʺjansintanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "mohng yèuhng hīng taan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ joeng⁴ hing¹ taan³"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ yêng⁴ hing¹ tan³"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² jœːŋ²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² jœːŋ²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/"
}
],
"word": "望洋興嘆"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 望洋興嘆 meaning in All languages combined (3.5kB)
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