"朝三暮四" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ mou̯²² sei̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/, /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ mou̯²² sei̯³³/ Chinese transliterations: zhāosānmùsì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓㄠ ㄙㄢ ㄇㄨˋ ㄙˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ziu¹ saam¹ mou⁶ sei³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zhāosānmùsì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jhaosanmùsìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chao¹-san¹-mu⁴-ssŭ⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jāu-sān-mù-sz̀ [Mandarin, Yale], jausanmuhsyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжаосаньмусы [Mandarin, Palladius], čžaosanʹmusy [Mandarin, Palladius], jīu sāam mouh sei [Cantonese, Yale], dziu¹ saam¹ mou⁶ sei³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], jiu¹ sam¹ mou⁶ séi³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], trjew sam muH sijH [Middle-Chinese]
Etymology: From a parable seen in both Zhuangzi (see quote below) and Liezi. : 狙公賦芧，曰：「朝三而暮四。」衆狙皆怒。曰：「然則朝四而暮三。」衆狙皆悅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]狙公赋芧，曰：「朝三而暮四。」众狙皆怒。曰：「然则朝四而暮三。」众狙皆悦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE Jū gōng fù xù, yuē: “Zhāo sān ér mù sì.” Zhòng jū jiē nù. Yuē: “Rán zé zhāo sì ér mù sān.” Zhòng jū jiē yuè. [Pinyin] There was a man who kept monkeys as pets. While feeding chestnuts to the monkeys, he said, "[I will feed you] three [chestnuts] in the morning, and four in the evening." The monkeys all went angry. The man later said, "How about four in the morning, and three in the evening?" The monkeys all became happy. Etymology templates: {{zh-x|狙 公 賦 芧{xù}，曰：「朝{zhāo} 三 而 暮 四。」衆 狙 皆 怒。曰：「然 則 朝{zhāo} 四 而 暮 三。」衆 狙 皆 悅。|There was a man who kept monkeys as pets. While feeding chestnuts to the monkeys, he said, "􂀿I will feed you􂁀 three 􂀿chestnuts􂁀 in the morning, and four in the evening." The monkeys all went angry. The man later said, "How about four in the morning, and three in the evening?" The monkeys all became happy.|collapsed=y|ref=Zhuangzi}} 狙公賦芧，曰：「朝三而暮四。」衆狙皆怒。曰：「然則朝四而暮三。」衆狙皆悅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]狙公赋芧，曰：「朝三而暮四。」众狙皆怒。曰：「然则朝四而暮三。」众狙皆悦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE Jū gōng fù xù, yuē: “Zhāo sān ér mù sì.” Zhòng jū jiē nù. Yuē: “Rán zé zhāo sì ér mù sān.” Zhòng jū jiē yuè. [Pinyin] There was a man who kept monkeys as pets. While feeding chestnuts to the monkeys, he said, "[I will feed you] three [chestnuts] in the morning, and four in the evening." The monkeys all went angry. The man later said, "How about four in the morning, and three in the evening?" The monkeys all became happy. Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 朝三暮四
  1. (original meaning, obsolete) to deceive using tricks; to take in someone Tags: idiomatic, obsolete
    Sense id: en-朝三暮四-zh-phrase-baoI8eFh
  2. (now more commonly, derogatory) to change one's mind frequently; to blow hot and cold; to be fickle or capricious Tags: derogatory, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-朝三暮四-zh-phrase-BneV-dG3 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Chinese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 朝秦暮楚 (zhāoqínmùchǔ)

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [t͡ɕo̞ːsã̠mbo̞ɕi] Forms: 朝三暮四 [canonical] (ruby: 朝(ちょう), 三(さん), 暮(ぼ), 四(し)), chōsanboshi [romanization], teusanbosi [romanization], てうさんぼし [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Derived from, and now a false friend of Chinese 朝三暮四 (zhāosānmùsì). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zh|朝三暮四}} Chinese 朝三暮四 (zhāosānmùsì) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ちょうさんぼし|hhira=てうさんぼし}} 朝(ちょう)三(さん)暮(ぼ)四(し) • (chōsanboshi) ^(←てうさんぼし (teusanbosi)?)
  1. a focus on cosmetic differences between two objects without realizing that they are substantively identical, distinction without a difference
    Sense id: en-朝三暮四-ja-noun-H8F9H2N6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese yojijukugo Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese yojijukugo: 85 15
  2. the act of deceiving a person
    Sense id: en-朝三暮四-ja-noun-TXL6OV-A

Alternative forms

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    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "朝三暮四"
          },
          "expansion": "朝三暮四",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "-",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "朝%三%暮%四",
            "2": "ちょう%さん%ぼ%し",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "朝(ちょう)三(さん)暮(ぼ)四(し) (chōsanboshi)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "조삼모사(朝三暮四)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 조삼모사(朝三暮四) (josammosa)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "朝三暮四",
            "2": "ちょう%さん%ぼ%し",
            "3": "조삼모사",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "朝三暮四",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "朝三暮四",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "朝%三%暮%四",
            "v": "朝三暮四",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (朝三暮四):\n* → Japanese: 朝(ちょう)三(さん)暮(ぼ)四(し) (chōsanboshi)\n* → Korean: 조삼모사(朝三暮四) (josammosa)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "ちょう%さん%ぼ%し",
            "3": "조삼모사",
            "j": "朝%三%暮%四"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (朝三暮四):\n* → Japanese: 朝(ちょう)三(さん)暮(ぼ)四(し) (chōsanboshi)\n* → Korean: 조삼모사(朝三暮四) (josammosa)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (朝三暮四):\n* → Japanese: 朝(ちょう)三(さん)暮(ぼ)四(し) (chōsanboshi)\n* → Korean: 조삼모사(朝三暮四) (josammosa)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "狙 公 賦 芧{xù}，曰：「朝{zhāo} 三 而 暮 四。」衆 狙 皆 怒。曰：「然 則 朝{zhāo} 四 而 暮 三。」衆 狙 皆 悅。",
        "2": "There was a man who kept monkeys as pets. While feeding chestnuts to the monkeys, he said, \"􂀿I will feed you􂁀 three 􂀿chestnuts􂁀 in the morning, and four in the evening.\" The monkeys all went angry. The man later said, \"How about four in the morning, and three in the evening?\" The monkeys all became happy.",
        "collapsed": "y",
        "ref": "Zhuangzi"
      },
      "expansion": "狙公賦芧，曰：「朝三而暮四。」衆狙皆怒。曰：「然則朝四而暮三。」衆狙皆悅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]狙公赋芧，曰：「朝三而暮四。」众狙皆怒。曰：「然则朝四而暮三。」众狙皆悦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE\nJū gōng fù xù, yuē: “Zhāo sān ér mù sì.” Zhòng jū jiē nù. Yuē: “Rán zé zhāo sì ér mù sān.” Zhòng jū jiē yuè. [Pinyin]\nThere was a man who kept monkeys as pets. While feeding chestnuts to the monkeys, he said, \"[I will feed you] three [chestnuts] in the morning, and four in the evening.\" The monkeys all went angry. The man later said, \"How about four in the morning, and three in the evening?\" The monkeys all became happy.",
      "name": "zh-x"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a parable seen in both Zhuangzi (see quote below) and Liezi.\n:\n狙公賦芧，曰：「朝三而暮四。」衆狙皆怒。曰：「然則朝四而暮三。」衆狙皆悅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]狙公赋芧，曰：「朝三而暮四。」众狙皆怒。曰：「然则朝四而暮三。」众狙皆悦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE\nJū gōng fù xù, yuē: “Zhāo sān ér mù sì.” Zhòng jū jiē nù. Yuē: “Rán zé zhāo sì ér mù sān.” Zhòng jū jiē yuè. [Pinyin]\nThere was a man who kept monkeys as pets. While feeding chestnuts to the monkeys, he said, \"[I will feed you] three [chestnuts] in the morning, and four in the evening.\" The monkeys all went angry. The man later said, \"How about four in the morning, and three in the evening?\" The monkeys all became happy.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "朝三暮四",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "zhāoqínmùchǔ",
      "word": "朝秦暮楚"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to deceive using tricks; to take in someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deceive",
          "deceive"
        ],
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ],
        [
          "take in",
          "take in"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "original meaning",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(original meaning, obsolete) to deceive using tricks; to take in someone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese derogatory terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to change one's mind frequently; to blow hot and cold; to be fickle or capricious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "change one's mind",
          "change one's mind"
        ],
        [
          "frequently",
          "frequently"
        ],
        [
          "blow hot and cold",
          "blow hot and cold"
        ],
        [
          "fickle",
          "fickle"
        ],
        [
          "capricious",
          "capricious"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "now more commonly",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now more commonly, derogatory) to change one's mind frequently; to blow hot and cold; to be fickle or capricious"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhāosānmùsì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄠ ㄙㄢ ㄇㄨˋ ㄙˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ziu¹ saam¹ mou⁶ sei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhāosānmùsì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhaosanmùsìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chao¹-san¹-mu⁴-ssŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jāu-sān-mù-sz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jausanmuhsyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжаосаньмусы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžaosanʹmusy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīu sāam mouh sei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dziu¹ saam¹ mou⁶ sei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu¹ sam¹ mou⁶ séi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ mou̯²² sei̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "trjew sam muH sijH"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ mou̯²² sei̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "朝三暮四"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with four Han script characters",
    "Japanese yojijukugo"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "朝三暮四"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 朝三暮四 (zhāosānmùsì)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from, and now a false friend of Chinese 朝三暮四 (zhāosānmùsì).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "朝三暮四",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "朝",
          "ちょう"
        ],
        [
          "三",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "暮",
          "ぼ"
        ],
        [
          "四",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chōsanboshi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teusanbosi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "てうさんぼし",
      "roman": "teusanbosi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ちょうさんぼし",
        "hhira": "てうさんぼし"
      },
      "expansion": "朝(ちょう)三(さん)暮(ぼ)四(し) • (chōsanboshi) ^(←てうさんぼし (teusanbosi)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a focus on cosmetic differences between two objects without realizing that they are substantively identical, distinction without a difference"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "focus",
          "focus"
        ],
        [
          "cosmetic",
          "cosmetic"
        ],
        [
          "difference",
          "difference"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "realizing",
          "realize"
        ],
        [
          "substantive",
          "substantive"
        ],
        [
          "identical",
          "identical"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the act of deceiving a person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "deceiving",
          "deceive"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちょーさんぼし"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕo̞ːsã̠mbo̞ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "朝三暮四"
}

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