See 眼觀四處，耳聽八方 on Wiktionary
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{
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"zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙˋ ㄔㄨˋ"
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"word": "眼觀四處，耳聽八方"
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"zh_pron": "êrh³ tʻing¹ pa¹-fang¹"
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{
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"Yale"
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"ipa": "/jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/",
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yi⁵ ting³ bad³ fong¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːn¹³ kuːn⁵⁵ sei̯³³ t͡sʰyː³³ jiː¹³ tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ paːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːn¹³ kuːn⁵⁵ sei̯³³ t͡sʰyː³³ jiː¹³ tʰɪŋ³³ paːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "眼觀四處，耳聽八方"
}
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