See 騎驢找馬 on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "骑驴找马",
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}
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"expansion": "騎驢找馬",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to ride on a donkey and look for a horse",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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{
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"parents": [
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{
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"glosses": [
"to settle for what one has for the moment (e.g. job, girlfriend, etc.) while actively looking for something better"
],
"id": "en-騎驢找馬-zh-phrase-cFJjAtUx",
"links": [
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"settle",
"settle"
],
[
"moment",
"moment"
],
[
"job",
"job"
],
[
"girlfriend",
"girlfriend"
],
[
"actively",
"actively"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative, colloquial) to settle for what one has for the moment (e.g. job, girlfriend, etc.) while actively looking for something better"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "騎牛搵馬"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "骑牛揾马"
}
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"sounds": [
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"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "qílǘzhǎomǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄩˊ ㄓㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "qílǘzhǎomǎ [Phonetic:qílǘzháomǎ]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "cílyújhǎomǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chʻi²-lü²-chao³-ma³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chí-lyú-jǎu-mǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "chyiliujaomaa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цилюйчжаома"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ciljujčžaoma"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ly³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: qílǘzháomǎ]"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ly³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
}
],
"word": "騎驢找馬"
}
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{
"form": "骑驴找马",
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}
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"expansion": "騎驢找馬",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to ride on a donkey and look for a horse",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"Chinese colloquialisms",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 找",
"Chinese terms spelled with 馬",
"Chinese terms spelled with 騎",
"Chinese terms spelled with 驢",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
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"Pages with entries"
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"glosses": [
"to settle for what one has for the moment (e.g. job, girlfriend, etc.) while actively looking for something better"
],
"links": [
[
"settle",
"settle"
],
[
"moment",
"moment"
],
[
"job",
"job"
],
[
"girlfriend",
"girlfriend"
],
[
"actively",
"actively"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative, colloquial) to settle for what one has for the moment (e.g. job, girlfriend, etc.) while actively looking for something better"
],
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"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
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{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "qílǘzhǎomǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄩˊ ㄓㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "qílǘzhǎomǎ [Phonetic:qílǘzháomǎ]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "cílyújhǎomǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chʻi²-lü²-chao³-ma³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chí-lyú-jǎu-mǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "chyiliujaomaa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цилюйчжаома"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ciljujčžaoma"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ly³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: qílǘzháomǎ]"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ly³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "騎牛搵馬"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "骑牛揾马"
}
],
"word": "騎驢找馬"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 騎驢找馬 meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)
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