See 桃李 on Wiktionary
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"word": "桃李滿門"
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"word": "桃李满门"
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"word": "桃李遍天下"
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"word": "桃李門牆"
},
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"word": "桃李门墙"
},
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"word": "色豔桃李"
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"word": "色艳桃李"
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"word": "豔如桃李"
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"word": "艳如桃李"
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"word": "門牆桃李"
},
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"word": "门墙桃李"
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"zh-pron": "ㄊㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ"
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},
{
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"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
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{
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"zh-pron": "táu-lǐ"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "taurlii"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "таоли"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "taoli"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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},
{
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},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "tou⁴ lei⁵"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "tou⁴ léi⁵"
},
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},
{
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"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
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},
{
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"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "to^ˇ li^ˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "to² li³"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo¹¹ li³¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "toilie"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo¹³⁻²² li⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/",
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"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɤ²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/",
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"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "daw liX"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*C.lˤaw C.rəʔ/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*l'aːw rɯʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹ lei̯¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo¹¹ li³¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo¹³⁻²² li⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɤ²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/"
},
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"とう"
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{
"word": "公門桃李"
},
{
"word": "公门桃李"
},
{
"word": "春夜宴桃李園序"
},
{
"word": "春夜宴桃李园序"
},
{
"word": "桃李不言，下自成行"
},
{
"roman": "táolǐbùyán, xiàzìchéngxī",
"word": "桃李不言，下自成蹊"
},
{
"word": "桃李之教"
},
{
"roman": "táolǐ mǎn tiānxià",
"word": "桃李滿天下"
},
{
"roman": "táolǐ mǎn tiānxià",
"word": "桃李满天下"
},
{
"roman": "táolǐmǎnmén",
"word": "桃李滿門"
},
{
"roman": "táolǐmǎnmén",
"word": "桃李满门"
},
{
"word": "桃李無言，下自成蹊"
},
{
"word": "桃李无言，下自成蹊"
},
{
"word": "桃李爭妍"
},
{
"word": "桃李争妍"
},
{
"word": "桃李爭輝"
},
{
"word": "桃李争辉"
},
{
"word": "桃李遍天下"
},
{
"word": "桃李門牆"
},
{
"word": "桃李门墙"
},
{
"word": "色豔桃李"
},
{
"word": "色艳桃李"
},
{
"word": "豔如桃李"
},
{
"word": "艳如桃李"
},
{
"word": "門牆桃李"
},
{
"word": "门墙桃李"
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],
"zh-pron": "to² li³"
},
{
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},
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"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/",
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"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo¹³⁻²² li⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɤ²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/",
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"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "daw liX"
},
{
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"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*C.lˤaw C.rəʔ/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹ lei̯¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo¹¹ li³¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo¹³⁻²² li⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɤ²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/"
},
{
"other": "/*C.lˤaw C.rəʔ/"
},
{
"other": "/*l'aːw rɯʔ/"
}
],
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}
{
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
"Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"ja:People",
"ja:Prunus genus plants"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "桃李",
"ruby": [
[
"桃",
"とう"
],
[
"李",
"り"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "tauri",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "たうり",
"roman": "tauri",
"tags": [
"hiragana",
"historical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"hhira": "たうり"
},
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"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"peach and plum"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a student nominated by the examiner"
]
}
],
"word": "桃李"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 桃李 meaning in All languages combined (6.4kB)
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