See 眼觀六路，耳聽八方 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "to keep an eye on the six directions (in the space) and an ear out for the eight directions (on the compass)",
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"to have sharp eyes and keen ears; to be observant and alert"
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"roman": "yǎn guān sìmiàn, ěr tīng bāfāng",
"word": "眼觀四面，耳聽八方／眼观四面，耳听八方"
},
{
"roman": "yǎn guān sìchù, ěr tīng bāfāng",
"word": "眼觀四處，耳聽八方／眼观四处，耳听八方"
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},
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],
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄦˇ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ gun¹ luk⁶ lou⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ ting¹ baat³ fong¹"
},
{
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],
"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ gun¹ luk⁶ lou⁶"
},
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"zh_pron": "ji⁵ ting³ baat³ fong¹"
},
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],
"zh_pron": "yǎn guān liùlù"
},
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],
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄦˇ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎn guan liòulù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ěr ting bafang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yen³ kuan¹ liu⁴-lu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "êrh³ tʻing¹ pa¹-fang¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎn gwān lyòu-lù-"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "ěr tīng bā-fāng"
},
{
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yean guan liowluh"
},
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"zh_pron": "eel ting bafang"
},
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"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "янь гуань люлу"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "эр тин бафан"
},
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"ipa": "/jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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],
"zh_pron": "ngáahn gūn luhk louh"
},
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],
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},
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],
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],
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],
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "yíh ting baat fōng"
},
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ gun¹ luk⁹ lou⁶"
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ ting¹ baat⁸ fong¹"
},
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],
"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ gun¹ luk⁹ lou⁶"
},
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],
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
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],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ ting³ baat⁸ fong¹"
},
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],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ngan⁵ gun¹ lug⁶ lou⁶"
},
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],
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"zh_pron": "yi⁵ ting¹ bad³ fong¹"
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],
"zh_pron": "yi⁵ ting³ bad³ fong¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːn¹³ kuːn⁵⁵ lʊk̚² lou̯²² jiː¹³ tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ paːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːn¹³ kuːn⁵⁵ lʊk̚² lou̯²² jiː¹³ tʰɪŋ³³ paːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/",
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"word": "眼觀六路，耳聽八方"
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"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 八",
"Chinese terms spelled with 六",
"Chinese terms spelled with 方",
"Chinese terms spelled with 眼",
"Chinese terms spelled with 耳",
"Chinese terms spelled with 聽",
"Chinese terms spelled with 觀",
"Chinese terms spelled with 路",
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[
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"zh_pron": "yǎn guān liùlù"
},
{
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],
"zh_pron": "ěr tīng bāfāng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄦˇ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ gun¹ luk⁶ lou⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ ting¹ baat³ fong¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ gun¹ luk⁶ lou⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ ting³ baat³ fong¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎn guān liùlù"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ěr tīng bāfāng"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄦˇ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎn guan liòulù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ěr ting bafang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yen³ kuan¹ liu⁴-lu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "êrh³ tʻing¹ pa¹-fang¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎn gwān lyòu-lù-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "ěr tīng bā-fāng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yean guan liowluh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "eel ting bafang"
},
{
"roman": "janʹ guanʹ ljulu, er tin bafan",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "янь гуань люлу"
},
{
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "эр тин бафан"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ gun¹ luk⁶ lou⁶"
},
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],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ ting¹ baat³ fong¹"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ gun¹ luk⁶ lou⁶"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ ting³ baat³ fong¹"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "ngáahn gūn luhk louh"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yíh tīng baat fōng"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "ngáahn gūn luhk louh"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yíh ting baat fōng"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ gun¹ luk⁹ lou⁶"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ ting¹ baat⁸ fong¹"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "ngaan⁵ gun¹ luk⁹ lou⁶"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ ting³ baat⁸ fong¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ngan⁵ gun¹ lug⁶ lou⁶"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yi⁵ ting¹ bad³ fong¹"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ngan⁵ gun¹ lug⁶ lou⁶"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yi⁵ ting³ bad³ fong¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːn¹³ kuːn⁵⁵ lʊk̚² lou̯²² jiː¹³ tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ paːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːn¹³ kuːn⁵⁵ lʊk̚² lou̯²² jiː¹³ tʰɪŋ³³ paːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/",
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"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yǎn guān sìmiàn, ěr tīng bāfāng",
"word": "眼觀四面，耳聽八方／眼观四面，耳听八方"
},
{
"roman": "yǎn guān sìchù, ěr tīng bāfāng",
"word": "眼觀四處，耳聽八方／眼观四处，耳听八方"
}
],
"word": "眼觀六路，耳聽八方"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (0c45963 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.