See 一個巴掌拍不響 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "一个巴掌拍不响",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
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}
],
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
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},
"expansion": "一個巴掌拍不響",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "one hand clapping does not make a sound",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
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},
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"name": "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the second tone",
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"glosses": [
"it takes two to tango"
],
"id": "en-一個巴掌拍不響-zh-proverb-ivI1CTXy",
"links": [
[
"it takes two to tango",
"it takes two to tango"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn",
"word": "蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋"
},
{
"roman": "cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn",
"word": "苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yī gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ ㄆㄞ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ go³ baa¹ zoeng² paak³ bat¹ hoeng²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yī gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yí gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ ㄆㄞ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yi gè bajhång pai bù siǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹ ko⁴ pa¹-chang⁵ pʻai¹ pu⁴ hsiang³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī gè bā-jang pāi bù syǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "i geh ba.jang pai bu sheang"
},
{
"roman": "i gɛ bačžan paj bu sjan",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "и гэ бачжан пай бу сян"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɤ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɑŋ² pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ go³ baa¹ zoeng² paak³ bat¹ hoeng²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yāt go bā jéung paak bāt héung"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jat⁷ go³ baa¹ dzoeng² paak⁸ bat⁷ hoeng²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yed¹ go³ ba¹ zêng² pag³ bed¹ hêng²"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ paː⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵ pʰaːk̚³ pɐt̚⁵ hœːŋ³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "一個巴掌拍不響"
}
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{
"form": "一个巴掌拍不响",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
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}
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"expansion": "一個巴掌拍不響",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "one hand clapping does not make a sound",
"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 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 個",
"Chinese terms spelled with 巴",
"Chinese terms spelled with 拍",
"Chinese terms spelled with 掌",
"Chinese terms spelled with 響",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
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"it takes two to tango"
],
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"it takes two to tango",
"it takes two to tango"
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],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yī gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ ㄆㄞ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ go³ baa¹ zoeng² paak³ bat¹ hoeng²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yī gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yí gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ ㄆㄞ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yi gè bajhång pai bù siǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹ ko⁴ pa¹-chang⁵ pʻai¹ pu⁴ hsiang³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī gè bā-jang pāi bù syǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "i geh ba.jang pai bu sheang"
},
{
"roman": "i gɛ bačžan paj bu sjan",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "и гэ бачжан пай бу сян"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɤ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɑŋ² pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ go³ baa¹ zoeng² paak³ bat¹ hoeng²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yāt go bā jéung paak bāt héung"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jat⁷ go³ baa¹ dzoeng² paak⁸ bat⁷ hoeng²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yed¹ go³ ba¹ zêng² pag³ bed¹ hêng²"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ paː⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵ pʰaːk̚³ pɐt̚⁵ hœːŋ³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn",
"word": "蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋"
},
{
"roman": "cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn",
"word": "苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋"
}
],
"word": "一個巴掌拍不響"
}
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