"請神容易送神難" meaning in All languages combined

See 請神容易送神難 on Wiktionary

Proverb [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ sʊŋ⁵¹ ʂən³⁵ nän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 请神容易送神难 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 請神容易送神難
  1. It is easy to invite some people to come and help you but difficult to get them to leave afterwards.
    Sense id: en-請神容易送神難-zh-proverb-YdQY-nYY Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese proverbs, Mandarin proverbs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "请神容易送神难",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "請神容易送神難",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "It's easy to invite a god, but not so easy to get rid of a god.",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "It is easy to invite some people to come and help you but difficult to get them to leave afterwards."
      ],
      "id": "en-請神容易送神難-zh-proverb-YdQY-nYY",
      "links": [
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ],
        [
          "invite",
          "invite"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qǐng shén róngyì sòng shén nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qǐng shén róngyì sòng shén nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cǐng shén róngyì sòng shén nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻing³ shên² jung²-i⁴ sung⁴ shên² nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chǐng shén rúng-yì sùng shén nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiing shern rongyih sonq shern nan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cin šɛnʹ žunʺi sun šɛnʹ nanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цин шэнь жунъи сун шэнь нань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ sʊŋ⁵¹ ʂən³⁵ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "請神容易送神難"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "请神容易送神难",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "請神容易送神難",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "It's easy to invite a god, but not so easy to get rid of a god.",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese proverbs",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 容",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 易",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 神",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 請",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 送",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 難",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proverbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "It is easy to invite some people to come and help you but difficult to get them to leave afterwards."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ],
        [
          "invite",
          "invite"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qǐng shén róngyì sòng shén nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qǐng shén róngyì sòng shén nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cǐng shén róngyì sòng shén nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻing³ shên² jung²-i⁴ sung⁴ shên² nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chǐng shén rúng-yì sùng shén nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiing shern rongyih sonq shern nan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cin šɛnʹ žunʺi sun šɛnʹ nanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цин шэнь жунъи сун шэнь нань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ sʊŋ⁵¹ ʂən³⁵ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "請神容易送神難"
}

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