See 本末顛倒 on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "本末颠倒",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "本末顛倒",
"name": "head"
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],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to flip the root and branch",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
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"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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}
],
"glosses": [
"putting the cart before the horse"
],
"id": "en-本末顛倒-zh-phrase-geVXI2tb",
"links": [
[
"putting the cart before the horse",
"put the cart before the horse"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "běnmòdàozhì",
"word": "本末倒置"
}
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnmòdiāndǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnmòdiāndǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnmòdiandǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pên³-mo⁴-tien¹-tao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "běn-mwò-dyān-dǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "beenmohdiandao"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "бэньмодяньдао"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bɛnʹmodjanʹdao"
},
{
"ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
}
],
"word": "本末顛倒"
}
{
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
"redirects": [
"本末転倒"
],
"senses": [
{
"id": "en-本末顛倒-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "本末顛倒"
}
{
"forms": [
{
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]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "本末顛倒",
"name": "head"
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to flip the root and branch",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
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"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 倒",
"Chinese terms spelled with 末",
"Chinese terms spelled with 本",
"Chinese terms spelled with 顛",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"putting the cart before the horse"
],
"links": [
[
"putting the cart before the horse",
"put the cart before the horse"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnmòdiāndǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnmòdiāndǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnmòdiandǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pên³-mo⁴-tien¹-tao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "běn-mwò-dyān-dǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "beenmohdiandao"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "бэньмодяньдао"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bɛnʹmodjanʹdao"
},
{
"ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "běnmòdàozhì",
"word": "本末倒置"
}
],
"word": "本末顛倒"
}
{
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"lang_code": "ja",
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"本末転倒"
],
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{
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "本末顛倒"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 本末顛倒 meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)
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"path": [
"本末顛倒"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "本末顛倒",
"trace": ""
}
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