See 海底撈針 on Wiktionary
{
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{
"form": "海底捞针",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
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"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "海底撈針",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to look for a needle in a haystack"
],
"id": "en-海底撈針-zh-phrase-hvjEM8Pl",
"links": [
[
"needle in a haystack",
"needle in a haystack"
]
],
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],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Beijing"
],
"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
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"N. Sixian"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"S. Sixian"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Pingtung",
"Neipu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hsinchu County"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Zhudong",
"Hailu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Taichung",
"Dongshi",
"Dabu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hsinchu County"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Qionglin",
"Raoping"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin",
"Lunbei",
"Zhao'an"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Dong",
"Fuzhou"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "háidǐlāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hǎidǐlaojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hai³-ti³-lao¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hǎi-dǐ-lāu-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "haediilhaujen"
},
{
"roman": "xajdilaočžɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "хайдилаочжэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hói dái làauh jām"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "hoi² dei² lao⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "hái-tué-lô-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "hay'doefloiciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "海底撈針"
}
{
"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
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]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "海底撈針",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"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",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to look for a needle in a haystack"
],
"links": [
[
"needle in a haystack",
"needle in a haystack"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hǎidǐlāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "háidǐlāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄞˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hǎidǐlaojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hai³-ti³-lao¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hǎi-dǐ-lāu-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "haediilhaujen"
},
{
"roman": "xajdilaočžɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "хайдилаочжэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hói dái làauh jām"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hoi² dai² laau⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "hoi² dei² lao⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hái-tóe-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "hái-tué-lô-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "hay'doefloiciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Beijing"
],
"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"N. Sixian"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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"S. Sixian"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Pingtung",
"Neipu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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"Hsinchu County"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Zhudong",
"Hailu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Taichung",
"Dongshi",
"Dabu"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hsinchu County"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Qionglin",
"Raoping"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin",
"Lunbei",
"Zhao'an"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Dong",
"Fuzhou"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
}
],
"word": "海底撈針"
}
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