See 老鼠拉龜 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "a rat tries to pull a turtle",
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"glosses": [
"to have no clue about how to handle a problem"
],
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"links": [
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"have",
"have"
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"no clue",
"no clue"
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[
"handle",
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[
"problem",
"problem"
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"(originally Cantonese, figurative) to have no clue about how to handle a problem"
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"tags": [
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"sounds": [
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"zh-pron": "lǎoshǔ lā guī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ syu² laai¹ gwai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎoshǔ lā guī [Phonetic:láoshǔlāguī]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎoshǔ la guei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "lao³-shu³ la¹ kuei¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎu-shǔ lā gwēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "laoshuu lha guei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "лаошу ла гуй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "laošu la guj"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "lóuh syú lāai gwāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ sy² laai¹ gwai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ xu² lai¹ guei¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: láoshǔlāguī]"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "老鼠拉龜"
}
{
"etymology_text": "The idiom is a Cantonese xiehouyu and the second part may be 無從下手 /无从下手 (wúcóng xiàshǒu), 無處下手 /无处下手 (wúchù xiàshǒu) (in Mandarin) or 冇埞埋手 (mou⁵ deng⁶ maai⁴ sau²) (in Cantonese).",
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"literal_meaning": "a rat tries to pull a turtle",
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"to have no clue about how to handle a problem"
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"(originally Cantonese, figurative) to have no clue about how to handle a problem"
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"zh-pron": "lǎoshǔ lā guī"
},
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"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ syu² laai¹ gwai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎoshǔ lā guī [Phonetic:láoshǔlāguī]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎoshǔ la guei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "lao³-shu³ la¹ kuei¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎu-shǔ lā gwēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "laoshuu lha guei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "лаошу ла гуй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "laošu la guj"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "lóuh syú lāai gwāi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ sy² laai¹ gwai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ xu² lai¹ guei¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/",
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"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: láoshǔlāguī]"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "老鼠拉龜"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 老鼠拉龜 meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)
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