See 羊毛出在羊身上 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "wool comes from a sheep's body",
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"glosses": [
"the benefits come from oneself; there's no such thing as a free lunch"
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"id": "en-羊毛出在羊身上-zh-proverb-7BGiT-6H",
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"benefit",
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"there's no such thing as a free lunch",
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"sounds": [
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"zh_pron": "yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄣ ˙ㄕㄤ"
},
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"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ mou⁴ ceot¹ zoi⁶ joeng⁴ san¹ soeng⁶"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang"
},
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"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄣ ˙ㄕㄤ"
},
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"zh_pron": "yángmáo chu zài yáng shenshång"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yang²-mao² chʻu¹ tsai⁴ yang² shên¹-shang⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yáng-máu chū dzài yáng shēn-shang"
},
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yangmau chu tzay yang shen.shang"
},
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"roman": "janmao ču czaj jan šɛnʹšan",
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],
"zh_pron": "янмао чу цзай ян шэньшан"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ²/",
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"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ mou⁴ ceot¹ zoi⁶ joeng⁴ san¹ soeng⁶"
},
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],
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"zh_pron": "yèuhng mòuh chēut joih yèuhng sān seuhng"
},
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"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ mou⁴ tsoet⁷ dzoi⁶ joeng⁴ san¹ soeng⁶"
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"zh_pron": "yêng⁴ mou⁴ cêd¹ zoi⁶ yêng⁴ sen¹ sêng⁶"
},
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"ipa": "/jœːŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² jœːŋ²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ sœːŋ²²/",
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"word": "羊毛出在羊身上"
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"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄣ ˙ㄕㄤ"
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"zh_pron": "yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang"
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"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄔㄨ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄣ ˙ㄕㄤ"
},
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"zh_pron": "yángmáo chu zài yáng shenshång"
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"zh_pron": "yang²-mao² chʻu¹ tsai⁴ yang² shên¹-shang⁵"
},
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"Mandarin",
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"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yáng-máu chū dzài yáng shēn-shang"
},
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],
"zh_pron": "yangmau chu tzay yang shen.shang"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "янмао чу цзай ян шэньшан"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ²/",
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"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ mou⁴ ceot¹ zoi⁶ joeng⁴ san¹ soeng⁶"
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"zh_pron": "yèuhng mòuh chēut joih yèuhng sān seuhng"
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"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ mou⁴ tsoet⁷ dzoi⁶ joeng⁴ san¹ soeng⁶"
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"zh_pron": "yêng⁴ mou⁴ cêd¹ zoi⁶ yêng⁴ sen¹ sêng⁶"
},
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"ipa": "/jœːŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² jœːŋ²¹ sɐn⁵⁵ sœːŋ²²/",
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"word": "羊毛出在羊身上"
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