"朝不保夕" meaning in All languages combined

See 朝不保夕 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 朝不保夕
  1. to be in a critical and desperate situation; to be on the verge of death (or collapse, defeat, etc.) Tags: idiomatic
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      "expansion": "朝不保夕",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be in a critical and desperate situation; to be on the verge of death (or collapse, defeat, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-朝不保夕-zh-phrase-LOg2Ytza",
      "links": [
        [
          "critical",
          "critical"
        ],
        [
          "desperate",
          "desperate"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "verge",
          "verge"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhāobùbǎoxī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhāobùbǎoxì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziu¹ bat¹ bou² zik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhāobùbǎoxī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhaobùbǎosi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chao¹-pu⁴-pao³-hsi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jāu-bù-bǎu-syī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jaububaoshi"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžaobubaosi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжаобубаоси"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhāobùbǎoxì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhaobùbǎosì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chao¹-pu⁴-pao³-hsi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jāu-bù-bǎu-syì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jaububaoshih"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžaobubaosi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжаобубаоси"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziu¹ bat¹ bou² zik⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jīu bāt bóu jihk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dziu¹ bat⁷ bou² dzik⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiu¹ bed¹ bou² jig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "朝不保夕"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "朝不保夕",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 保",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 夕",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 朝",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be in a critical and desperate situation; to be on the verge of death (or collapse, defeat, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "critical",
          "critical"
        ],
        [
          "desperate",
          "desperate"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "verge",
          "verge"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhāobùbǎoxī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhāobùbǎoxì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziu¹ bat¹ bou² zik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhāobùbǎoxī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhaobùbǎosi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chao¹-pu⁴-pao³-hsi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jāu-bù-bǎu-syī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jaububaoshi"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžaobubaosi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжаобубаоси"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhāobùbǎoxì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhaobùbǎosì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chao¹-pu⁴-pao³-hsi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jāu-bù-bǎu-syì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jaububaoshih"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžaobubaosi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжаобубаоси"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziu¹ bat¹ bou² zik⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jīu bāt bóu jihk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dziu¹ bat⁷ bou² dzik⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiu¹ bed¹ bou² jig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "朝不保夕"
}

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