See 魚水之歡 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "the pleasure between fish and water; the pleasure of fish in water",
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"zh_pron": "yúshuǐzhīhuān"
},
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"zh_pron": "ㄩˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓ ㄏㄨㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyu⁴ seoi² zi¹ fun¹"
},
{
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},
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"zh_pron": "ㄩˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓ ㄏㄨㄢ"
},
{
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "yúshuěijhihhuan"
},
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"Wade-Giles"
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"zh_pron": "yü²-shui³-chih¹-huan¹"
},
{
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"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yú-shwěi-jr̄-hwān"
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"zh_pron": "yushoeijyhuan"
},
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"roman": "jujšujčžixuanʹ",
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],
"zh_pron": "юйшуйчжихуань"
},
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"ipa": "/y³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "yu⁴ sêu² ji¹ fun¹"
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"zh_pron": "yúshuǐzhīhuān"
},
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓ ㄏㄨㄢ"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
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],
"zh_pron": "jyu⁴ seoi² zi¹ fun¹"
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"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "yúshuǐzhīhuān"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄩˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓ ㄏㄨㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "yúshuěijhihhuan"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yü²-shui³-chih¹-huan¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yú-shwěi-jr̄-hwān"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yushoeijyhuan"
},
{
"roman": "jujšujčžixuanʹ",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "юйшуйчжихуань"
},
{
"ipa": "/y³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "yùh séui jī fūn"
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"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "jy⁴ soey² dzi¹ fun¹"
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],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yu⁴ sêu² ji¹ fun¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ fuːn⁵⁵/",
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"word": "魚水之歡"
}
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