See 船頭驚鬼，船尾驚賊 on Wiktionary
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"form": "船头惊鬼，船尾惊贼",
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"literal_meaning": "to fear ghosts at the bow and bandits at the stern",
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"glosses": [
"to be timid and fear many things"
],
"id": "en-船頭驚鬼，船尾驚賊-zh-phrase-7MVqz2T3",
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"(Cantonese) to be timid and fear many things"
],
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],
"word": "船頭慌鬼，船尾慌賊"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "船头慌鬼，船尾慌贼"
},
{
"roman": "wèishǒuwèiwěi",
"word": "畏首畏尾"
}
],
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],
"sounds": [
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"zh_pron": "syun⁴ tau⁴ geng¹ gwai²"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "syun⁴ mei⁵ geng¹ caak⁶"
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syùhn tàuh gēng gwái"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syùhn méih gēng chaahk"
},
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
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"zh_pron": "syn⁴ tau⁴ geng¹ gwai²"
},
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],
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "syn⁴ mei⁵ geng¹ tsaak⁹"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xun⁴ teo⁴ géng¹ guei²"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xun⁴ méi⁵ géng¹ cag⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/syːn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɛːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ syːn²¹ mei̯¹³ kɛːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚²/",
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"word": "船頭驚鬼，船尾驚賊"
}
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"Chinese terms spelled with 尾",
"Chinese terms spelled with 船",
"Chinese terms spelled with 賊",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 驚",
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"glosses": [
"to be timid and fear many things"
],
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"(Cantonese) to be timid and fear many things"
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"zh_pron": "syun⁴ tau⁴ geng¹ gwai²"
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"Cantonese",
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},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syùhn tàuh gēng gwái"
},
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"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syùhn méih gēng chaahk"
},
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],
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
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],
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},
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
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],
"zh_pron": "syn⁴ mei⁵ geng¹ tsaak⁹"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xun⁴ teo⁴ géng¹ guei²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xun⁴ méi⁵ géng¹ cag⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/syːn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɛːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ syːn²¹ mei̯¹³ kɛːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "船頭慌鬼，船尾慌賊"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "船头慌鬼，船尾慌贼"
},
{
"roman": "wèishǒuwèiwěi",
"word": "畏首畏尾"
}
],
"word": "船頭驚鬼，船尾驚賊"
}
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