See 海底撈針 on Wiktionary
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"word": "水底撈針"
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"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
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"word": "大海撈針"
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"word": "海底撈針"
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"word": "海底摸針"
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"word": "海底摸針"
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"word": "海底摸針"
},
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"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
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"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
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},
{
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"Tainan"
],
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},
{
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"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"word": "水底撈針"
},
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"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"word": "Beijing"
},
{
"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
{
"word": "Taiwan"
},
{
"word": "Singapore"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
"alt": "N. Sixian",
"word": "Miaoli"
},
{
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Zhudong"
],
"word": "Hsinchu County"
},
{
"tags": [
"Dabu",
"Dongshi"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Raoping"
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{
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"Zhao'an"
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},
{
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{
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},
{
"word": "大海摸針"
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{
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],
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}
],
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn [Phonetic:háidǐlāozhēn]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐlaojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hai³-ti³-lao¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎi-dǐ-lāu-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "haediilhaujen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "хайдилаочжэнь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "xajdilaočžɛnʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hói dái làauh jām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi² dei² lao⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tué-lô-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hay'doefloiciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: háidǐlāozhēn]"
},
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/"
}
],
"word": "海底撈針"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
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"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 底",
"Chinese terms spelled with 撈",
"Chinese terms spelled with 海",
"Chinese terms spelled with 針",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"glosses": [
"to look for a needle in a haystack"
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]
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"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn [Phonetic:háidǐlāozhēn]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎidǐlaojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hai³-ti³-lao¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎi-dǐ-lāu-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "haediilhaujen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "хайдилаочжэнь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "xajdilaočžɛnʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hói dái làauh jām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "hoi² dei² lao⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hái-tué-lô-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hay'doefloiciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: háidǐlāozhēn]"
},
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
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"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Beijing"
],
"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
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],
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},
{
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"word": "海底撈針"
},
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"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
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"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Northern"
],
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"Sixian",
"Pingtung"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
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"word": "海底摸針"
},
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"word": "海底摸針"
},
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"word": "海底摸針"
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"Yunlin"
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},
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"Fuzhou"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Tainan"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Tainan"
],
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},
{
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"word": "Beijing"
},
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"word": "大海裡撈針"
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"Zhudong"
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"Dongshi"
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"Raoping"
],
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"Zhao'an"
],
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},
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},
{
"word": "Xiamen"
},
{
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"word": "Tainan"
}
],
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