See 語焉不詳 on Wiktionary
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"english": "Then followed the heterodox schools of Hsün and Yang, wherein much that was essential was passed over, while the criterion was vaguely formulated.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " c. early 9th century, Han Yu (韓愈),《原道》, translated into English as True Faith of a Confucianist by Herbert Allen Giles, 1922.",
"roman": "Xún yǔ Yáng yě, zé yān ér bù jīng, yǔ yān ér bù xiáng.",
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"text": "荀與揚也，擇焉而不精，語焉而不詳。",
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"roman": "Xún yǔ Yáng yě, zé yān ér bù jīng, yǔ yān ér bù xiáng.",
"tags": [
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"text": "荀与扬也，择焉而不精，语焉而不详。",
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"glosses": [
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"id": "en-語焉不詳-zh-phrase-z4Q9VhlD",
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"zh-pron": "yǔyānbùxiáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄩˇ ㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jyu⁵ jin⁴ bat¹ coeng⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǔyānbùxiáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǔyanbùsiáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yü³-yen¹-pu⁴-hsiang²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yǔ-yān-bù-syáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yeuianbushyang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "юйяньбусян"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "jujjanʹbusjan"
},
{
"ipa": "/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yúh yìhn bāt chèuhng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jy⁵ jin⁴ bat⁷ tsoeng⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yu⁵ yin⁴ bed¹ cêng⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyː¹³ jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyː¹³ jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/"
}
],
"word": "語焉不詳"
}
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"ref": " c. early 9th century, Han Yu (韓愈),《原道》, translated into English as True Faith of a Confucianist by Herbert Allen Giles, 1922.",
"roman": "Xún yǔ Yáng yě, zé yān ér bù jīng, yǔ yān ér bù xiáng.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "荀與揚也，擇焉而不精，語焉而不詳。",
"type": "quote"
},
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"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
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"roman": "Xún yǔ Yáng yě, zé yān ér bù jīng, yǔ yān ér bù xiáng.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "荀与扬也，择焉而不精，语焉而不详。",
"type": "quote"
}
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"2": "韓愈"
},
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"etymology_text": "Coined by Han Yu in a critical article given below",
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]
}
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"pos": "phrase",
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"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 焉",
"Chinese terms spelled with 詳",
"Chinese terms spelled with 語",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"glosses": [
"to speak or mention in an undetailed manner"
],
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],
"zh-pron": "yǔyānbùxiáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄩˇ ㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jyu⁵ jin⁴ bat¹ coeng⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǔyānbùxiáng"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǔyanbùsiáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yü³-yen¹-pu⁴-hsiang²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yǔ-yān-bù-syáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yeuianbushyang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "юйяньбусян"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "jujjanʹbusjan"
},
{
"ipa": "/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yúh yìhn bāt chèuhng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jy⁵ jin⁴ bat⁷ tsoeng⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yu⁵ yin⁴ bed¹ cêng⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyː¹³ jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyː¹³ jiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/"
}
],
"word": "語焉不詳"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 語焉不詳 meaning in All languages combined (3.9kB)
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