See 爾虞我詐 on Wiktionary
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"english": "The covenant said, “We shall not defraud you, and you shall not deceive us.",
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"ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
"roman": "Méng yuē: “Wǒ wú ěr zhà, ěr wú wǒ yú.”",
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"text": "盟曰：「我無爾詐，爾無我虞。」",
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"text": "盟曰：「我无尔诈，尔无我虞。」",
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"etymology_text": "From Zuozhuan",
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"word": "爾詐我虞／尔诈我虞"
},
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"word": "爾詐我虞"
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"zh-pron": "ěryúwǒzhà"
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"zh-pron": "ㄦˇ ㄩˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄚˋ"
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"zh-pron": "ji⁵ jyu⁴ ngo⁵ zaa³"
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"zh-pron": "ěryúwǒzhà"
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"zh-pron": "ㄦˇ ㄩˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄚˋ"
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"zh-pron": "ěryúwǒjhà"
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"zh-pron": "êrh³-yü²-wo³-cha⁴"
},
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"zh-pron": "ěr-yú-wǒ-jà"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "eelyuwoojah"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "эрюйвочжа"
},
{
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"standard"
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"zh-pron": "erjujvočža"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/",
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"zh-pron": "yíh yùh ngóh ja"
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"zh-pron": "ji⁵ jy⁴ ngo⁵ dzaa³"
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"zh-pron": "yi⁵ yu⁴ ngo⁵ za³"
},
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{
"ipa": "/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ jyː²¹ ŋɔː¹³ t͡saː³³/"
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"word": "爾虞我詐"
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"english": "The covenant said, “We shall not defraud you, and you shall not deceive us.",
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"ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
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"text": "盟曰：「我無爾詐，爾無我虞。」",
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"Pinyin"
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"to cheat or deceive one another"
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"zh-pron": "ěryúwǒzhà"
},
{
"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄦˇ ㄩˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "ji⁵ jyu⁴ ngo⁵ zaa³"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
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],
"zh-pron": "ěryúwǒzhà"
},
{
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"bopomofo",
"standard"
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"zh-pron": "ㄦˇ ㄩˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄚˋ"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ěryúwǒjhà"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
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"zh-pron": "êrh³-yü²-wo³-cha⁴"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
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],
"zh-pron": "ěr-yú-wǒ-jà"
},
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"zh-pron": "eelyuwoojah"
},
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"zh-pron": "эрюйвочжа"
},
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"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "erjujvočža"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
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},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yíh yùh ngóh ja"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ji⁵ jy⁴ ngo⁵ dzaa³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yi⁵ yu⁴ ngo⁵ za³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ jyː²¹ ŋɔː¹³ t͡saː³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ jyː²¹ ŋɔː¹³ t͡saː³³/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "爾詐我虞／尔诈我虞"
},
{
"word": "爾詐我虞"
},
{
"word": "尔诈我虞"
}
],
"word": "爾虞我詐"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 爾虞我詐 meaning in All languages combined (3.2kB)
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