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"1": "窮鼠 猫 を 噛む",
"2": "きゅうそ ねこ を かむ"
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"text": "Japanese: 窮鼠(きゅうそ)猫(ねこ)を噛(か)む (kyūso neko o kamu)"
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"1": "死 不 再生，窮 鼠 嚙 狸，匹夫 奔 萬乘，舍人 折 弓，^陳 ^勝、^吳 ^廣 是 也。",
"2": "People cannot revive if they die, so a cornered rat will bite a cat; An ordinary man would go to assault the Emperor; A servant of a noble would destroy his bow. This is precisely the case of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.",
"3": "CL",
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"expansion": "死不再生，窮鼠嚙狸，匹夫奔萬乘，舍人折弓，陳勝、吳廣是也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]死不再生，穷鼠啮狸，匹夫奔万乘，舍人折弓，陈胜、吴广是也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Huan Kuan, Discourses on Salt and Iron, c. 1ˢᵗ century BCE\nSǐ bù zàishēng, qióng shǔ niè lí, pǐfū bēn wànchéng, shèrén zhé gōng, Chén Shèng, Wú Guǎng shì yě. [Pinyin]\nPeople cannot revive if they die, so a cornered rat will bite a cat; An ordinary man would go to assault the Emperor; A servant of a noble would destroy his bow. This is precisely the case of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.",
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"etymology_text": "From the Discourses on Salt and Iron (鹽鐵論·詔聖／盐铁论·诏圣):\n:\n死不再生，窮鼠嚙狸，匹夫奔萬乘，舍人折弓，陳勝、吳廣是也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]死不再生，穷鼠啮狸，匹夫奔万乘，舍人折弓，陈胜、吴广是也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Huan Kuan, Discourses on Salt and Iron, c. 1ˢᵗ century BCE\nSǐ bù zàishēng, qióng shǔ niè lí, pǐfū bēn wànchéng, shèrén zhé gōng, Chén Shèng, Wú Guǎng shì yě. [Pinyin]\nPeople cannot revive if they die, so a cornered rat will bite a cat; An ordinary man would go to assault the Emperor; A servant of a noble would destroy his bow. This is precisely the case of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.",
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"word": "窮鼠齧貓／穷鼠啮猫"
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"roman": "gǒujítiàoqiáng",
"word": "狗急跳牆／狗急跳墙"
},
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"roman": "qióngshǔnièmāo",
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"roman": "gǒujítiàoqiáng",
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"zh-pron": "qióngshǔ nièlí"
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"zh-pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄧˊ"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ syu² jit⁶ lei⁴"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ syu² ngit⁶ lei⁴"
},
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ syu² ngaat⁶ lei⁴"
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"zh-pron": "qióngshǔ nièlí"
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"zh-pron": "cyóngshǔ nièlí"
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "chʻiung²-shu³ nieh⁴-li²"
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"zh-pron": "chyúng-shǔ nyè-lí"
},
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"zh-pron": "chyongshuu niehli"
},
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цюншу нели"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "cjunšu neli"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛ⁵¹ li³⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
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"tags": [
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"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "kùhng syú yiht lèih"
},
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"tags": [
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kùhng syú ngiht lèih"
},
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"tags": [
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kùhng syú ngaaht lèih"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ sy² jit⁹ lei⁴"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ sy² ngit⁹ lei⁴"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ sy² ngaat⁹ lei⁴"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ xu² yid⁶ léi⁴"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ xu² ngid⁶ léi⁴"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ xu² ngad⁶ léi⁴"
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"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ jiːt̚² lei̯²¹/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
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"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ ŋiːt̚² lei̯²¹/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːt̚² lei̯²¹/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
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{
"other": "/ kung⁴ syu² ngit⁶ lei⁴ /"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛ⁵¹ li³⁵/"
},
{
"other": "/ kung⁴ sy² ngit⁹ lei⁴ /"
},
{
"other": "/ kung⁴ xu² ngid⁶ léi⁴ /"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ jiːt̚² lei̯²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ ŋiːt̚² lei̯²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːt̚² lei̯²¹/"
}
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"word": "窮鼠齧狸"
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"2": "People cannot revive if they die, so a cornered rat will bite a cat; An ordinary man would go to assault the Emperor; A servant of a noble would destroy his bow. This is precisely the case of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.",
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"expansion": "死不再生，窮鼠嚙狸，匹夫奔萬乘，舍人折弓，陳勝、吳廣是也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]死不再生，穷鼠啮狸，匹夫奔万乘，舍人折弓，陈胜、吴广是也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Huan Kuan, Discourses on Salt and Iron, c. 1ˢᵗ century BCE\nSǐ bù zàishēng, qióng shǔ niè lí, pǐfū bēn wànchéng, shèrén zhé gōng, Chén Shèng, Wú Guǎng shì yě. [Pinyin]\nPeople cannot revive if they die, so a cornered rat will bite a cat; An ordinary man would go to assault the Emperor; A servant of a noble would destroy his bow. This is precisely the case of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.",
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"zh-pron": "qióngshǔ nièlí"
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"zh-pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄧˊ"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ syu² jit⁶ lei⁴"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ syu² ngit⁶ lei⁴"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ syu² ngaat⁶ lei⁴"
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"zh-pron": "qióngshǔ nièlí"
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"zh-pron": "cyóngshǔ nièlí"
},
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"zh-pron": "chʻiung²-shu³ nieh⁴-li²"
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"zh-pron": "chyúng-shǔ nyè-lí"
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "chyongshuu niehli"
},
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"zh-pron": "цюншу нели"
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"zh-pron": "cjunšu neli"
},
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"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛ⁵¹ li³⁵/",
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "kùhng syú yiht lèih"
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{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "kùhng syú ngiht lèih"
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "kùhng syú ngaaht lèih"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ sy² jit⁹ lei⁴"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ sy² ngaat⁹ lei⁴"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ xu² yid⁶ léi⁴"
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ xu² ngid⁶ léi⁴"
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"zh-pron": "kung⁴ xu² ngad⁶ léi⁴"
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"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ jiːt̚² lei̯²¹/",
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"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ ŋiːt̚² lei̯²¹/",
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"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːt̚² lei̯²¹/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "/ kung⁴ syu² ngit⁶ lei⁴ /"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛ⁵¹ li³⁵/"
},
{
"other": "/ kung⁴ sy² ngit⁹ lei⁴ /"
},
{
"other": "/ kung⁴ xu² ngid⁶ léi⁴ /"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ jiːt̚² lei̯²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ ŋiːt̚² lei̯²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːt̚² lei̯²¹/"
}
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"roman": "qióngshǔnièmāo",
"word": "窮鼠齧貓／穷鼠啮猫"
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"roman": "gǒujítiàoqiáng",
"word": "狗急跳牆／狗急跳墙"
},
{
"word": "困獸猶鬥／困兽犹斗"
},
{
"roman": "qióngshǔnièmāo",
"word": "窮鼠齧貓"
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"roman": "qióngshǔnièmāo",
"word": "穷鼠啮猫"
},
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"roman": "gǒujítiàoqiáng",
"word": "狗急跳牆"
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"word": "狗急跳墙"
},
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"word": "困獸猶鬥"
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