"濫觴" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /laːm¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/, /laːm¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: lànshāng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄤ [Mandarin, bopomofo], laam⁵ soeng¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lànshāng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lànshang [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lan⁴-shang¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], làn-shāng [Mandarin, Yale], lannshang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ланьшан [Mandarin, Palladius], lanʹšan [Mandarin, Palladius], láahm sēung [Cantonese, Yale], laam⁵ soeng¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lam⁵ sêng¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], lamH syang [Middle-Chinese], /*ɡ·raːms hljaŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 滥觞
Etymology: From the concept that the water source is so gentle at the source of a river, that a beverage vessel — 觴/觞 (shāng, “a kind of alcohol drinkware”) — can be steadily floated, as if in a banquet with "floating cups" (cf. 流觴曲水). For example, in the Xunzi it was said that Etymology templates: {{zh-l|觴|a kind of alcohol drinkware}} 觴/觞 (shāng, “a kind of alcohol drinkware”), {{zh-m|*流觴曲水}} 流觴曲水 Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 濫觴
  1. (literary) source; origin Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-濫觴-zh-noun-1AAfgegV Synonyms: 出處 (chūchù), 出处 (chūchù), 基本 (jīběn), 大本 (dàběn) [literary], 本源 (běnyuán), (gēn), 根本 (gēnběn), 根源 (gēnyuán), 根頭 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 根头 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 泉源 (quányuán), 淵源 (yuānyuán), 渊源 (yuānyuán), (yuán) [in-compounds, literary], 源泉 (yuánquán) [figuratively], 源頭 (yuántóu) [figuratively], 源头 (yuántóu) [figuratively], 由來 (yóulái), 由来 (yóulái)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 來源 (láiyuán), 来源 (láiyuán), 起源 (qǐyuán)

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /laːm¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/, /laːm¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: lànshāng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄤ [Mandarin, bopomofo], laam⁵ soeng¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lànshāng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lànshang [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lan⁴-shang¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], làn-shāng [Mandarin, Yale], lannshang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ланьшан [Mandarin, Palladius], lanʹšan [Mandarin, Palladius], láahm sēung [Cantonese, Yale], laam⁵ soeng¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lam⁵ sêng¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], lamH syang [Middle-Chinese], /*ɡ·raːms hljaŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 滥觞
Etymology: From the concept that the water source is so gentle at the source of a river, that a beverage vessel — 觴/觞 (shāng, “a kind of alcohol drinkware”) — can be steadily floated, as if in a banquet with "floating cups" (cf. 流觴曲水). For example, in the Xunzi it was said that Etymology templates: {{zh-l|觴|a kind of alcohol drinkware}} 觴/觞 (shāng, “a kind of alcohol drinkware”), {{zh-m|*流觴曲水}} 流觴曲水 Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 濫觴
  1. (literary) to originate Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-濫觴-zh-verb-Qj1eyNQ3
  2. (literary) to spread to and affect; to spread and influence; to involve Tags: literary Synonyms (to spread and affect): 波及 (bōjí), 影響 (yǐngxiǎng), 影响 (yǐngxiǎng), 作用 (zuòyòng)
    Sense id: en-濫觴-zh-verb-np9GyhlX Disambiguation of 'to spread and affect': 0 67 33
  3. (literary) to spread unchecked; to run rampant Tags: literary Synonyms (to spread unchecked): 泛濫 (fànlàn), 泛滥 (fànlàn)
    Sense id: en-濫觴-zh-verb-hY46jUr7 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 12 3 7 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 4 6 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 3 4 87 Disambiguation of 'to spread unchecked': 2 12 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 來源 (láiyuán), 来源 (láiyuán), 起源 (qǐyuán), 來自 (láizì), 来自 (láizì), 出乎 (chūhū), 出於 (chūyú), 出于 (chūyú), 出自 (chūzì), 嚟自 (lei4 zi6) [Cantonese], 導源 (dǎoyuán), 导源 (dǎoyuán), 張本 (zhāngběn) [literary], 张本 (zhāngběn) [literary], 源於 (yuányú), 源于 (yuányú), 源自 (yuánzì), 發源 (fāyuán) [figuratively], 发源 (fāyuán) [figuratively], 發脈 (fa6 me6) [Xiang], 发脉 (fa6 me6) [Xiang]
{
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Consider the Jiang that flows out of the Min Mountains — at its source it used to be able so gentle that one may float a drinking vessels with it. Now at downstream wharfs, only with a boat may one attempt crossing it, and only if the wind permits.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
      "roman": "Xīzhě Jiāng chū yú Mínshān; qí shǐ chū yě, qí yuán kěyǐ lànshāng; jí qí zhì Jiāng zhī jīn yě, bù fàngzhōu, bù bìfēng, zé bùkě shè yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "昔者江出於岷山;其始出也,其源可以濫觴;及其至江之津也,不放舟,不避風,則不可涉也。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Consider the Jiang that flows out of the Min Mountains — at its source it used to be able so gentle that one may float a drinking vessels with it. Now at downstream wharfs, only with a boat may one attempt crossing it, and only if the wind permits.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
      "roman": "Xīzhě Jiāng chū yú Mínshān; qí shǐ chū yě, qí yuán kěyǐ lànshāng; jí qí zhì Jiāng zhī jīn yě, bù fàngzhōu, bù bìfēng, zé bùkě shè yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "昔者江出于岷山;其始出也,其源可以滥觞;及其至江之津也,不放舟,不避风,则不可涉也。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "觴",
        "2": "a kind of alcohol drinkware"
      },
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      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*流觴曲水"
      },
      "expansion": "流觴曲水",
      "name": "zh-m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the concept that the water source is so gentle at the source of a river, that a beverage vessel — 觴/觞 (shāng, “a kind of alcohol drinkware”) — can be steadily floated, as if in a banquet with \"floating cups\" (cf. 流觴曲水). For example, in the Xunzi it was said that",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "滥觞",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "濫觴",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to originate"
      ],
      "id": "en-濫觴-zh-verb-Qj1eyNQ3",
      "links": [
        [
          "originate",
          "originate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to originate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to spread to and affect; to spread and influence; to involve"
      ],
      "id": "en-濫觴-zh-verb-np9GyhlX",
      "links": [
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "affect",
          "affect"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ],
        [
          "involve",
          "involve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to spread to and affect; to spread and influence; to involve"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 67 33",
          "roman": "bōjí",
          "sense": "to spread and affect",
          "word": "波及"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 67 33",
          "roman": "yǐngxiǎng",
          "sense": "to spread and affect",
          "word": "影響"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 67 33",
          "roman": "yǐngxiǎng",
          "sense": "to spread and affect",
          "word": "影响"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 67 33",
          "roman": "zuòyòng",
          "sense": "to spread and affect",
          "word": "作用"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 3 7 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 4 6 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 3 4 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spread unchecked; to run rampant"
      ],
      "id": "en-濫觴-zh-verb-hY46jUr7",
      "links": [
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "unchecked",
          "unchecked"
        ],
        [
          "run",
          "run"
        ],
        [
          "rampant",
          "rampant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to spread unchecked; to run rampant"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 12 86",
          "roman": "fànlàn",
          "sense": "to spread unchecked",
          "word": "泛濫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 12 86",
          "roman": "fànlàn",
          "sense": "to spread unchecked",
          "word": "泛滥"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lànshāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laam⁵ soeng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lànshāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lànshang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lan⁴-shang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "làn-shāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lannshang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ланьшан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lanʹšan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láahm sēung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laam⁵ soeng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lam⁵ sêng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laːm¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lamH syang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡ·raːms hljaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laːm¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡ·raːms hljaŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láiyuán",
      "word": "來源"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "láiyuán",
      "word": "来源"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qǐyuán",
      "word": "起源"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "láizì",
      "word": "來自"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "láizì",
      "word": "来自"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chūhū",
      "word": "出乎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chūyú",
      "word": "出於"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chūyú",
      "word": "出于"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chūzì",
      "word": "出自"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lei4 zi6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "嚟自"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "dǎoyuán",
      "word": "導源"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "dǎoyuán",
      "word": "导源"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "張本"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhāngběn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "张本"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yuányú",
      "word": "源於"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yuányú",
      "word": "源于"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yuánzì",
      "word": "源自"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fāyuán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "發源"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fāyuán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "发源"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fa6 me6",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "發脈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fa6 me6",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "发脉"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Chang Jiang",
    "Min Mountains",
    "Xunzi (book)"
  ],
  "word": "濫觴"
}

{
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Consider the Jiang that flows out of the Min Mountains — at its source it used to be able so gentle that one may float a drinking vessels with it. Now at downstream wharfs, only with a boat may one attempt crossing it, and only if the wind permits.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
      "roman": "Xīzhě Jiāng chū yú Mínshān; qí shǐ chū yě, qí yuán kěyǐ lànshāng; jí qí zhì Jiāng zhī jīn yě, bù fàngzhōu, bù bìfēng, zé bùkě shè yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "昔者江出於岷山;其始出也,其源可以濫觴;及其至江之津也,不放舟,不避風,則不可涉也。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Consider the Jiang that flows out of the Min Mountains — at its source it used to be able so gentle that one may float a drinking vessels with it. Now at downstream wharfs, only with a boat may one attempt crossing it, and only if the wind permits.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
      "roman": "Xīzhě Jiāng chū yú Mínshān; qí shǐ chū yě, qí yuán kěyǐ lànshāng; jí qí zhì Jiāng zhī jīn yě, bù fàngzhōu, bù bìfēng, zé bùkě shè yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "昔者江出于岷山;其始出也,其源可以滥觞;及其至江之津也,不放舟,不避风,则不可涉也。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "觴",
        "2": "a kind of alcohol drinkware"
      },
      "expansion": "觴/觞 (shāng, “a kind of alcohol drinkware”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*流觴曲水"
      },
      "expansion": "流觴曲水",
      "name": "zh-m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the concept that the water source is so gentle at the source of a river, that a beverage vessel — 觴/觞 (shāng, “a kind of alcohol drinkware”) — can be steadily floated, as if in a banquet with \"floating cups\" (cf. 流觴曲水). For example, in the Xunzi it was said that",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "滥觞",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "濫觴",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "source; origin"
      ],
      "id": "en-濫觴-zh-noun-1AAfgegV",
      "links": [
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) source; origin"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "chūchù",
          "word": "出處"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chūchù",
          "word": "出处"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīběn",
          "word": "基本"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dàběn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "大本"
        },
        {
          "roman": "běnyuán",
          "word": "本源"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gēn",
          "word": "根"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gēnběn",
          "word": "根本"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gēnyuán",
          "word": "根源"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen",
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "根頭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen",
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "根头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "quányuán",
          "word": "泉源"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuānyuán",
          "word": "淵源"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuānyuán",
          "word": "渊源"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuán",
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "源"
        },
        {
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            "figuratively"
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          "roman": "yóulái",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄤ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "laam⁵ soeng¹"
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      "zh-pron": "lànshāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "lànshang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lan⁴-shang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "làn-shāng"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "lannshang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ланьшан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lanʹšan"
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    {
      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/",
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    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "láahm sēung"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laam⁵ soeng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "lam⁵ sêng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laːm¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
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      "zh-pron": "lamH syang"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡ·raːms hljaŋ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
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    "Chang Jiang",
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    "Xunzi (book)"
  ],
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}
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      "text": "昔者江出於岷山;其始出也,其源可以濫觴;及其至江之津也,不放舟,不避風,則不可涉也。",
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "昔者江出于岷山;其始出也,其源可以滥觞;及其至江之津也,不放舟,不避风,则不可涉也。",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄤ"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "laam⁵ soeng¹"
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      "zh-pron": "lànshāng"
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      "tags": [
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "làn-shāng"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "lannshang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "ланьшан"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "lanʹšan"
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    {
      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "láahm sēung"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "laam⁵ soeng¹"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "lam⁵ sêng¹"
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      "ipa": "/laːm¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "/*ɡ·raːms hljaŋ/"
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      "roman": "chūzì",
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      "roman": "lei4 zi6",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "導源"
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      "roman": "dǎoyuán",
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        "literary"
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      "word": "源於"
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      "roman": "yuányú",
      "word": "源于"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánzì",
      "word": "源自"
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      "roman": "fāyuán",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to spread and affect",
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      "roman": "yǐngxiǎng",
      "sense": "to spread and affect",
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      "roman": "zuòyòng",
      "sense": "to spread and affect",
      "word": "作用"
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      "sense": "to spread unchecked",
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    "Chang Jiang",
    "Min Mountains",
    "Xunzi (book)"
  ],
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}

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      "english": "Consider the Jiang that flows out of the Min Mountains — at its source it used to be able so gentle that one may float a drinking vessels with it. Now at downstream wharfs, only with a boat may one attempt crossing it, and only if the wind permits.",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "昔者江出於岷山;其始出也,其源可以濫觴;及其至江之津也,不放舟,不避風,則不可涉也。",
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "昔者江出于岷山;其始出也,其源可以滥觞;及其至江之津也,不放舟,不避风,则不可涉也。",
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      "zh-pron": "làn-shāng"
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      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "lam⁵ sêng¹"
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    {
      "ipa": "/laːm¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
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      "zh-pron": "lamH syang"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
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      "zh-pron": "/*ɡ·raːms hljaŋ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/län⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/"
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    {
      "roman": "gēnyuán",
      "word": "根源"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "根頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "根头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "quányuán",
      "word": "泉源"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuānyuán",
      "word": "淵源"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuānyuán",
      "word": "渊源"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuán",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "源"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánquán",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "源泉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuántóu",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "源頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuántóu",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "源头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóulái",
      "word": "由來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóulái",
      "word": "由来"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐyuán",
      "word": "起源"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Chang Jiang",
    "Min Mountains",
    "Xunzi (book)"
  ],
  "word": "濫觴"
}

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