See 破涕為笑 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "破涕为笑",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "破涕爲笑",
"raw_tags": [
"Traditional Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "破涕為笑",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"to turn from weeping to smiling, usually depicting a change in one's emotional state from being sad to being happy"
],
"id": "en-破涕為笑-zh-phrase-a~cQFf-f",
"links": [
[
"weep",
"weep"
],
[
"smiling",
"smile"
],
[
"sad",
"sad"
],
[
"happy",
"happy"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "pòtìwéixiào"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "po³ tai³ wai⁴ siu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pòtìwéixiào"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pòtìwéisiào"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pʻo⁴-tʻi⁴-wei²-hsiao⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pwò-tì-wéi-syàu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pohtihweishiaw"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "потивэйсяо"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "potivɛjsjao"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰi⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "po tai wàih siu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "po³ tai³ wai⁴ siu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "po³ tei³ wei⁴ xiu³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰɔː³³ tʰɐi̯³³ wɐi̯²¹ siːu̯³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰi⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰɔː³³ tʰɐi̯³³ wɐi̯²¹ siːu̯³³/"
}
],
"word": "破涕為笑"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "破涕为笑",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "破涕爲笑",
"raw_tags": [
"Traditional Chinese"
]
}
],
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"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "破涕為笑",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 涕",
"Chinese terms spelled with 為",
"Chinese terms spelled with 破",
"Chinese terms spelled with 笑",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to turn from weeping to smiling, usually depicting a change in one's emotional state from being sad to being happy"
],
"links": [
[
"weep",
"weep"
],
[
"smiling",
"smile"
],
[
"sad",
"sad"
],
[
"happy",
"happy"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "pòtìwéixiào"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "po³ tai³ wai⁴ siu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pòtìwéixiào"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pòtìwéisiào"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pʻo⁴-tʻi⁴-wei²-hsiao⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pwò-tì-wéi-syàu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pohtihweishiaw"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "потивэйсяо"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "potivɛjsjao"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰi⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "po tai wàih siu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "po³ tai³ wai⁴ siu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "po³ tei³ wei⁴ xiu³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰɔː³³ tʰɐi̯³³ wɐi̯²¹ siːu̯³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰi⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰɔː³³ tʰɐi̯³³ wɐi̯²¹ siːu̯³³/"
}
],
"word": "破涕為笑"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 破涕為笑 meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)
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"path": [
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"subsection": "",
"title": "破涕為笑",
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