See 飢不擇食 on Wiktionary
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"form": "饥不择食",
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"literal_meaning": "the hungry can’t choose their own food",
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"glosses": [
"to be not choosy when one is hungry or when matters are urgent; beggars can't be choosers"
],
"id": "en-飢不擇食-zh-phrase-5a8-Ry~1",
"links": [
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"choosy"
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[
"hungry",
"hungry"
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[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"urgent",
"urgent"
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[
"beggars can't be choosers",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to be not choosy when one is hungry or when matters are urgent; beggars can't be choosers"
],
"synonyms": [
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"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "飢不擇食"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "飢不擇食"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "飢不擇食"
},
{
"tags": [
"Tainan"
],
"word": "枵儂無揀食"
},
{
"word": "Taiwan"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "枵儂無揀食"
}
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"sounds": [
{
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],
"zh-pron": "jībùzéshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gei¹ bat¹ zaak⁶ sik⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jībùzéshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jibùzéshíh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chi¹-pu⁴-tsê²-shih²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jī-bù-dzé-shŕ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jibutzershyr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзибуцзэши"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czibuczɛši"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gēi bāt jaahk sihk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gei¹ bat⁷ dzaak⁹ sik⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "géi¹ bed¹ zag⁶ xig⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/kei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚² sɪk̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚² sɪk̚²/"
}
],
"word": "飢不擇食"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "the hungry can’t choose their own food",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 擇",
"Chinese terms spelled with 食",
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"glosses": [
"to be not choosy when one is hungry or when matters are urgent; beggars can't be choosers"
],
"links": [
[
"choosy",
"choosy"
],
[
"hungry",
"hungry"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"urgent",
"urgent"
],
[
"beggars can't be choosers",
"beggars can't be choosers"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to be not choosy when one is hungry or when matters are urgent; beggars can't be choosers"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jībùzéshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gei¹ bat¹ zaak⁶ sik⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jībùzéshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jibùzéshíh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chi¹-pu⁴-tsê²-shih²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jī-bù-dzé-shŕ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jibutzershyr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзибуцзэши"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czibuczɛši"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gēi bāt jaahk sihk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gei¹ bat⁷ dzaak⁹ sik⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "géi¹ bed¹ zag⁶ xig⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/kei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚² sɪk̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚² sɪk̚²/"
}
],
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"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "飢不擇食"
},
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],
"word": "飢不擇食"
},
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"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "飢不擇食"
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],
"word": "枵儂無揀食"
},
{
"word": "Taiwan"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
"word": "Tainan"
},
{
"word": "枵儂無揀食"
}
],
"word": "飢不擇食"
}
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