See 直言不諱 on Wiktionary
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"form": "直言不讳",
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}
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"expansion": "直言不諱",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "Talking",
"orig": "zh:Talking",
"parents": [],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"to call a spade a spade; to speak without reservation; not to mince one's words"
],
"id": "en-直言不諱-zh-phrase-D9GzpD6D",
"links": [
[
"call a spade a spade",
"call a spade a spade"
],
[
"speak",
"speak"
],
[
"without",
"without"
],
[
"reservation",
"reservation"
],
[
"mince one's words",
"mince one's words"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zhíyánbùhuì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zik⁶ jin⁴ bat¹ wai⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "zhíyánbùhuì [Phonetic:zhíyánbúhuì]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jhíhyánbùhuèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chih²-yen²-pu⁴-hui⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jŕ-yán-bù-hwèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jyryanbuhuey"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "чжияньбухуэй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "čžijanʹbuxuej"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ jɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jihk yìhn bāt wáih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzik⁹ jin⁴ bat⁷ wai⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "jig⁶ yin⁴ bed¹ wei⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɪk̚² jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: zhíyánbúhuì]"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ jɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɪk̚² jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/"
}
],
"word": "直言不諱"
}
{
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{
"form": "直言不讳",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "直言不諱",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 直",
"Chinese terms spelled with 言",
"Chinese terms spelled with 諱",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
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"glosses": [
"to call a spade a spade; to speak without reservation; not to mince one's words"
],
"links": [
[
"call a spade a spade",
"call a spade a spade"
],
[
"speak",
"speak"
],
[
"without",
"without"
],
[
"reservation",
"reservation"
],
[
"mince one's words",
"mince one's words"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zhíyánbùhuì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zik⁶ jin⁴ bat¹ wai⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "zhíyánbùhuì [Phonetic:zhíyánbúhuì]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jhíhyánbùhuèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chih²-yen²-pu⁴-hui⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jŕ-yán-bù-hwèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jyryanbuhuey"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "чжияньбухуэй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "čžijanʹbuxuej"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ jɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jihk yìhn bāt wáih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzik⁹ jin⁴ bat⁷ wai⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "jig⁶ yin⁴ bed¹ wei⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɪk̚² jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: zhíyánbúhuì]"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ jɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɪk̚² jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/"
}
],
"word": "直言不諱"
}
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