See 老王賣瓜——自賣自誇 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "Old Wang selling melons - he sells and boasts about them himself",
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"word": "賣茶講茶芳，賣花講花紅"
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},
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"zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄚ"
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"zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄞˋ ㄗˋ ㄎㄨㄚ"
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"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "lou⁵ wong⁴⁻² maai⁶ gwaa¹"
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"zh_pron": "zi⁶ maai⁶ zi⁶ kwaa¹"
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"zh_pron": "Lǎo Wáng mài guā"
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"zh_pron": "zì mài zì kuā"
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"zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄚ"
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
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"zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄞˋ ㄗˋ ㄎㄨㄚ"
},
{
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "Lǎo Wáng mài gua"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zìh mài zìh kua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "Lao³ Wang² mai⁴ kua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴ mai⁴ tzŭ⁴ kʻua¹"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "Lǎu Wáng mài gwā-"
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],
"zh_pron": "dz̀ mài dz̀ kwā"
},
{
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "Lao Wang may gua"
},
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tzyh may tzyh kua"
},
{
"roman": "Lao Van maj gua, czy maj czy kua",
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"zh_pron": "Лао Ван май гуа"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзы май цзы куа"
},
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"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/",
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},
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],
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "zi⁶ maai⁶ zi⁶ kwaa¹"
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"zh_pron": "lóuh wóng maaih gwā"
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"zh_pron": "jih maaih jih kwā"
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"zh_pron": "lou⁵ wong⁴⁻² maai⁶ gwaa¹"
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"zh_pron": "dzi⁶ maai⁶ dzi⁶ kwaa¹"
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"zh_pron": "lou⁵ wong⁴⁻² mai⁶ gua¹"
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],
"zh_pron": "ji⁶ mai⁶ ji⁶ kua¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/lou̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵ maːi̯²² kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː²² maːi̯²² t͡siː²² kʷʰaː⁵⁵/",
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"literal_meaning": "Old Wang selling melons - he sells and boasts about them himself",
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"zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄚ"
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},
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],
"zh_pron": "lou⁵ wong⁴⁻² maai⁶ gwaa¹"
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"zh_pron": "zi⁶ maai⁶ zi⁶ kwaa¹"
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"zh_pron": "Lǎo Wáng mài guā"
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"zh_pron": "zì mài zì kuā"
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"zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄚ"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄞˋ ㄗˋ ㄎㄨㄚ"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "Lǎo Wáng mài gua"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "zìh mài zìh kua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "Lao³ Wang² mai⁴ kua¹"
},
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"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴ mai⁴ tzŭ⁴ kʻua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "Lǎu Wáng mài gwā-"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dz̀ mài dz̀ kwā"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "Lao Wang may gua"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tzyh may tzyh kua"
},
{
"roman": "Lao Van maj gua, czy maj czy kua",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
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"zh_pron": "Лао Ван май гуа"
},
{
"roman": "Lao Van maj gua, czy maj czy kua",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзы май цзы куа"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "lou⁵ wong⁴⁻² maai⁶ gwaa¹"
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"zh_pron": "zi⁶ maai⁶ zi⁶ kwaa¹"
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"zh_pron": "lóuh wóng maaih gwā"
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"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "jih maaih jih kwā"
},
{
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],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "lou⁵ wong⁴⁻² maai⁶ gwaa¹"
},
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],
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],
"zh_pron": "dzi⁶ maai⁶ dzi⁶ kwaa¹"
},
{
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],
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁶ mai⁶ ji⁶ kua¹"
},
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"ipa": "/lou̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵ maːi̯²² kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː²² maːi̯²² t͡siː²² kʷʰaː⁵⁵/",
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"word": "賣花讚花香"
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"word": "卖花赞花香"
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"word": "賣茶講茶香，賣花講花紅"
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"word": "卖茶讲茶香，卖花讲花红"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "賣茶講茶芳，賣花講花紅"
},
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"tags": [
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"word": "卖茶讲茶芳，卖花讲花红"
}
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"word": "老王賣瓜——自賣自誇"
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