See 陰差陽錯 on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Constructed from 陰陽 /阴阳 (yīnyáng) and 差錯 /差错 (chācuò).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "阴差阳错",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "陰差陽錯",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "both yin and yang are wrong",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an accident, mistake or event arising from many different unforeseen causes; a strange combination of circumstances; accidentally; serendipitously"
],
"id": "en-陰差陽錯-zh-phrase-bTiWVWmN",
"links": [
[
"accident",
"accident"
],
[
"mistake",
"mistake"
],
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"arising",
"arising"
],
[
"many",
"many"
],
[
"different",
"different"
],
[
"unforeseen",
"unforeseen"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"strange",
"strange"
],
[
"combination",
"combination"
],
[
"circumstance",
"circumstance"
],
[
"accidentally",
"accidentally"
],
[
"serendipitously",
"serendipitously"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yīnchāyángcuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ ㄧㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jam¹ caa¹ joeng⁴ co³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yīnchāyángcuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yinchayángcuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yin¹-chʻa¹-yang²-tsʻo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yīn-chā-yáng-tswò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "inchayangtsuoh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "иньчаянцо"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "inʹčajanco"
},
{
"ipa": "/in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yām chā yèuhng cho"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jam¹ tsaa¹ joeng⁴ tso³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yem¹ ca¹ yêng⁴ co³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔː³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔː³³/"
}
],
"word": "陰差陽錯"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Constructed from 陰陽 /阴阳 (yīnyáng) and 差錯 /差错 (chācuò).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "阴差阳错",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "陰差陽錯",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "both yin and yang are wrong",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 差",
"Chinese terms spelled with 錯",
"Chinese terms spelled with 陰",
"Chinese terms spelled with 陽",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"an accident, mistake or event arising from many different unforeseen causes; a strange combination of circumstances; accidentally; serendipitously"
],
"links": [
[
"accident",
"accident"
],
[
"mistake",
"mistake"
],
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"arising",
"arising"
],
[
"many",
"many"
],
[
"different",
"different"
],
[
"unforeseen",
"unforeseen"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"strange",
"strange"
],
[
"combination",
"combination"
],
[
"circumstance",
"circumstance"
],
[
"accidentally",
"accidentally"
],
[
"serendipitously",
"serendipitously"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yīnchāyángcuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ ㄧㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jam¹ caa¹ joeng⁴ co³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yīnchāyángcuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yinchayángcuò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yin¹-chʻa¹-yang²-tsʻo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yīn-chā-yáng-tswò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "inchayangtsuoh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "иньчаянцо"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "inʹčajanco"
},
{
"ipa": "/in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yām chā yèuhng cho"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jam¹ tsaa¹ joeng⁴ tso³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yem¹ ca¹ yêng⁴ co³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔː³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔː³³/"
}
],
"word": "陰差陽錯"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 陰差陽錯 meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)
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