See 蠅營狗苟 on Wiktionary
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"english": "In the morning, I regret my behavior, but in the evening, it all returns to the same. The five ghosts attached to me, I can't drive them away. (This is to say that he holds his good qualities very firmly, hence 蠅營狗苟 here should be understood literally.)",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, 《送窮文》",
"roman": "Zhāo huǐ qí xíng, mù yǐ fù rán. Yíngyínggǒugǒu, qū qù fù huán.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "朝悔其行，暮已復然。蠅營狗苟，驅去復還。",
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"english": "In the morning, I regret my behavior, but in the evening, it all returns to the same. The five ghosts attached to me, I can't drive them away. (This is to say that he holds his good qualities very firmly, hence 蠅營狗苟 here should be understood literally.)",
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"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
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"ref": " Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, 《送窮文》",
"roman": "Zhāo huǐ qí xíng, mù yǐ fù rán. Yíngyínggǒugǒu, qū qù fù huán.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "朝悔其行，暮已复然。蝇营狗苟，驱去复还。",
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}
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"form": "蝇营狗苟",
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"form": "狗苟蠅營"
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"literal_meaning": "swarm as flies do for good; hang round as dogs do for food",
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"glosses": [
"to shamelessly seek personal gain; profit by ingratiating oneself with the rich"
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"id": "en-蠅營狗苟-zh-phrase-DrG6Cto7",
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"(figuratively) to shamelessly seek personal gain; profit by ingratiating oneself with the rich"
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"zh-pron": "yíngyínggǒugǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄡˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yíngyínggǒugǒu [Phonetic:yíngyínggóugǒu]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yíngyínggǒugǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ying²-ying²-kou³-kou³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yíng-yíng-gǒu-gǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yngynggoougoou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "инъингоугоу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "inʺingougou"
},
{
"ipa": "/iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh-pron": "ying yweng kuwX kuwX"
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"word": "蠅營狗苟"
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{
"english": "In the morning, I regret my behavior, but in the evening, it all returns to the same. The five ghosts attached to me, I can't drive them away. (This is to say that he holds his good qualities very firmly, hence 蠅營狗苟 here should be understood literally.)",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, 《送窮文》",
"roman": "Zhāo huǐ qí xíng, mù yǐ fù rán. Yíngyínggǒugǒu, qū qù fù huán.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "朝悔其行，暮已復然。蠅營狗苟，驅去復還。",
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},
{
"english": "In the morning, I regret my behavior, but in the evening, it all returns to the same. The five ghosts attached to me, I can't drive them away. (This is to say that he holds his good qualities very firmly, hence 蠅營狗苟 here should be understood literally.)",
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"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, 《送窮文》",
"roman": "Zhāo huǐ qí xíng, mù yǐ fù rán. Yíngyínggǒugǒu, qū qù fù huán.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "朝悔其行，暮已复然。蝇营狗苟，驱去复还。",
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}
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"glosses": [
"to shamelessly seek personal gain; profit by ingratiating oneself with the rich"
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"links": [
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"shamelessly",
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"seek",
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"gain",
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"(figuratively) to shamelessly seek personal gain; profit by ingratiating oneself with the rich"
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"zh-pron": "yíngyínggǒugǒu"
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"zh-pron": "ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄡˇ"
},
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"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
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"zh-pron": "yíngyínggǒugǒu [Phonetic:yíngyínggóugǒu]"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yíngyínggǒugǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ying²-ying²-kou³-kou³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yíng-yíng-gǒu-gǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yngynggoougoou"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "инъингоугоу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "inʺingougou"
},
{
"ipa": "/iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "ying yweng kuwX kuwX"
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: yíngyínggóugǒu]"
},
{
"ipa": "/iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
}
],
"word": "蠅營狗苟"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 蠅營狗苟 meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)
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