See 萬丈高樓平地起 on Wiktionary
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"form": "万丈高楼平地起",
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"glosses": [
"take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves; many a mickle makes a muckle"
],
"id": "en-萬丈高樓平地起-zh-proverb-dBEpVAuK",
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"take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves",
"take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves"
],
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"many a mickle makes a muckle",
"many a mickle makes a muckle"
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"(figurative) take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves; many a mickle makes a muckle"
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"sounds": [
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"zh_pron": "wànzhàng gāolóu píngdì qǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄍㄠ ㄌㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "maan⁶ zoeng⁶ gou¹ lau⁴ ping⁴ dei⁶ hei²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wànzhàng gāolóu píngdì qǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄍㄠ ㄌㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wànjhàng gaolóu píngdì cǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wan⁴-chang⁴ kao¹-lou² pʻing²-ti⁴ chʻi³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wàn-jàng gāu-lóu píng-dì chǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wannjanq gaulou pyngdih chii"
},
{
"roman": "vanʹčžan gaolou pindi ci",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ваньчжан гаолоу пинди ци"
},
{
"ipa": "/wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ loʊ̯³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "maan⁶ zoeng⁶ gou¹ lau⁴ ping⁴ dei⁶ hei²"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "maahn jeuhng gōu làuh pìhng deih héi"
},
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"Cantonese",
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"zh_pron": "maan⁶ dzoeng⁶ gou¹ lau⁴ ping⁴ dei⁶ hei²"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh_pron": "man⁶ zêng⁶ gou¹ leo⁴ ping⁴ déi⁶ héi²"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːn²² t͡sœːŋ²² kou̯⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹ tei̯²² hei̯³⁵/",
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"word": "萬丈高樓平地起"
}
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"glosses": [
"take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves; many a mickle makes a muckle"
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"take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves",
"take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves"
],
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"(figurative) take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves; many a mickle makes a muckle"
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"zh_pron": "wànzhàng gāolóu píngdì qǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄍㄠ ㄌㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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],
"zh_pron": "maan⁶ zoeng⁶ gou¹ lau⁴ ping⁴ dei⁶ hei²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wànzhàng gāolóu píngdì qǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ ㄍㄠ ㄌㄡˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄧˇ"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wànjhàng gaolóu píngdì cǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wan⁴-chang⁴ kao¹-lou² pʻing²-ti⁴ chʻi³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wàn-jàng gāu-lóu píng-dì chǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wannjanq gaulou pyngdih chii"
},
{
"roman": "vanʹčžan gaolou pindi ci",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ваньчжан гаолоу пинди ци"
},
{
"ipa": "/wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ loʊ̯³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"Hong Kong"
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"zh_pron": "maan⁶ zoeng⁶ gou¹ lau⁴ ping⁴ dei⁶ hei²"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "maahn jeuhng gōu làuh pìhng deih héi"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "maan⁶ dzoeng⁶ gou¹ lau⁴ ping⁴ dei⁶ hei²"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "man⁶ zêng⁶ gou¹ leo⁴ ping⁴ déi⁶ héi²"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːn²² t͡sœːŋ²² kou̯⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹ tei̯²² hei̯³⁵/",
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"word": "萬丈高樓平地起"
}
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