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.”",
"tags": [
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"text": "盟曰：「我無爾詐，爾無我虞。」",
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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.”",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "盟曰：「我无尔诈，尔无我虞。」",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Zuozhuan",
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"form": "尔虞我诈",
"tags": [
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},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "ㄦˇ ㄩˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
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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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{
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"Mandarin",
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"Wade-Giles"
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"zh_pron": "êrh³-yü²-wo³-cha⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "ěr-yú-wǒ-jà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "eelyuwoojah"
},
{
"roman": "erjujvočža",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "эрюйвочжа"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/",
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"zh_pron": "yíh yùh ngóh ja"
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"zh_pron": "yi⁵ yu⁴ ngo⁵ za³"
},
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"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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"Traditional Chinese poetry"
],
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"text": "盟曰：「我無爾詐，爾無我虞。」",
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"Pinyin",
"Simplified-Chinese"
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"text": "盟曰：「我无尔诈，尔无我虞。」",
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"Chinese idioms",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 我",
"Chinese terms spelled with 爾",
"Chinese terms spelled with 虞",
"Chinese terms spelled with 詐",
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"Mandarin idioms",
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"glosses": [
"to cheat or deceive one another"
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"deceive",
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"zh_pron": "ěryúwǒzhà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄦˇ ㄩˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ jyu⁴ ngo⁵ zaa³"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ěryúwǒzhà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄦˇ ㄩˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ěryúwǒjhà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "êrh³-yü²-wo³-cha⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "ěr-yú-wǒ-jà"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
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"zh_pron": "eelyuwoojah"
},
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"roman": "erjujvočža",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "эрюйвочжа"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Hong Kong"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ jyu⁴ ngo⁵ zaa³"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yíh yùh ngóh ja"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ jy⁴ ngo⁵ dzaa³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yi⁵ yu⁴ ngo⁵ za³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ jyː²¹ ŋɔː¹³ t͡saː³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "爾詐我虞"
},
{
"word": "尔诈我虞"
}
],
"word": "爾虞我詐"
}
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