See 一人計短，二人計長 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "一人计短，二人计长",
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"lang_code": "zh",
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"glosses": [
"two heads are better than one; it is easier for two people who help each other to solve a problem than it is for one person to solve a problem alone"
],
"id": "en-一人計短，二人計長-zh-proverb-Yds2--Fe",
"links": [
[
"two heads are better than one",
"two heads are better than one"
],
[
"solve",
"solve"
],
[
"problem",
"problem"
],
[
"alone",
"alone"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yī rén jì duǎn, èr rén jì cháng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄦˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jat¹ jan⁴ gai³ dyun², ji⁶ jan⁴ gai³ coeng⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yī rén jì duǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "èr rén jì cháng [Phonetic:yì rén jì duǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "èr rén jì cháng]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yi rén jì duǎn, èr rén jì cháng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "i¹ jên² chi⁴ tuan³, êrh⁴ jên² chi⁴ chʻang²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yī rén jì dwǎn-, èr rén jì cháng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "i ren jih doan, ell ren jih charng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "и жэнь цзи дуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "эр жэнь цзи чан"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "i žɛnʹ czi duanʹ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "er žɛnʹ czi čan"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yāt yàhn gai dyún, yih yàhn gai chèuhng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jat⁷ jan⁴ gai³ dyn², ji⁶ jan⁴ gai³ tsoeng⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yed¹ yen⁴ gei³ dün², yi⁶ yen⁴ gei³ cêng⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹ kɐi̯³³ tyːn³⁵ jiː²² jɐn²¹ kɐi̯³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹ kɐi̯³³ tyːn³⁵ jiː²² jɐn²¹ kɐi̯³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/"
}
],
"word": "一人計短，二人計長"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "一人计短，二人计长",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "proverb"
},
"expansion": "一人計短，二人計長",
"name": "head"
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],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "proverb",
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"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 一",
"Chinese terms spelled with 二",
"Chinese terms spelled with 人",
"Chinese terms spelled with 短",
"Chinese terms spelled with 計",
"Chinese terms spelled with 長",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
"Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"glosses": [
"two heads are better than one; it is easier for two people who help each other to solve a problem than it is for one person to solve a problem alone"
],
"links": [
[
"two heads are better than one",
"two heads are better than one"
],
[
"solve",
"solve"
],
[
"problem",
"problem"
],
[
"alone",
"alone"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yī rén jì duǎn, èr rén jì cháng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄦˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jat¹ jan⁴ gai³ dyun², ji⁶ jan⁴ gai³ coeng⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yī rén jì duǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "èr rén jì cháng [Phonetic:yì rén jì duǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "èr rén jì cháng]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yi rén jì duǎn, èr rén jì cháng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "i¹ jên² chi⁴ tuan³, êrh⁴ jên² chi⁴ chʻang²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yī rén jì dwǎn-, èr rén jì cháng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "i ren jih doan, ell ren jih charng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "и жэнь цзи дуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "эр жэнь цзи чан"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "i žɛnʹ czi duanʹ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "er žɛnʹ czi čan"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yāt yàhn gai dyún, yih yàhn gai chèuhng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jat⁷ jan⁴ gai³ dyn², ji⁶ jan⁴ gai³ tsoeng⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yed¹ yen⁴ gei³ dün², yi⁶ yen⁴ gei³ cêng⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹ kɐi̯³³ tyːn³⁵ jiː²² jɐn²¹ kɐi̯³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹ kɐi̯³³ tyːn³⁵ jiː²² jɐn²¹ kɐi̯³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/"
}
],
"word": "一人計短，二人計長"
}
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