See 隔岸觀火 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "to watch the fires burning across the river",
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"glosses": [
"to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves"
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"zh-pron": "gé'ànguānhuǒ"
},
{
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄍㄜˊ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
},
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"zh-pron": "gaak³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
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"zh-pron": "gé'ànguānhuǒ"
},
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"zh-pron": "gé-ànguanhuǒ"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "ko²-an⁴-kuan¹-huo³"
},
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"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "gé-àn-gwān-hwǒ"
},
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"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "gerannguanhuoo"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "гэаньгуаньхо"
},
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"zh-pron": "gɛanʹguanʹxo"
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"ipa": "/kɤ³⁵ ˀän⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh-pron": "gaak ngohn gūn fó"
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"zh-pron": "gaak⁸ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
},
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gag³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaːk̚³ ŋɔːn²² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/kɤ³⁵ ˀän⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaːk̚³ ŋɔːn²² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/"
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"word": "隔岸觀火"
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"Chinese terms spelled with 岸",
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"zh-pron": "gé'ànguānhuǒ"
},
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄍㄜˊ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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"zh-pron": "gaak³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
},
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"zh-pron": "gé'ànguānhuǒ"
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"zh-pron": "gé-ànguanhuǒ"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ko²-an⁴-kuan¹-huo³"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gé-àn-gwān-hwǒ"
},
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "gerannguanhuoo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "гэаньгуаньхо"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "gɛanʹguanʹxo"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɤ³⁵ ˀän⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "gaak ngohn gūn fó"
},
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gaak⁸ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
},
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gag³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaːk̚³ ŋɔːn²² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɤ³⁵ ˀän⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaːk̚³ ŋɔːn²² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/"
}
],
"word": "隔岸觀火"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 隔岸觀火 meaning in All languages combined (2.5kB)
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