See 一言蔽之 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
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"glosses": [
"to summarize in a word; in a nutshell"
],
"id": "en-一言蔽之-zh-phrase-cd0YjszS",
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[
"summarize",
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],
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"word",
"word"
],
[
"in a nutshell",
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]
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"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yīyán yǐ bì zhī",
"word": "一言以蔽之"
}
],
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"idiomatic"
]
}
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{
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"Mandarin",
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],
"zh_pron": "yīyánbìzhī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄓ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ bai³ zi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yīyánbìzhī"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
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"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yìyánbìzhī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄓ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yiyánbìjhih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹-yen²-pi⁴-chih¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī-yán-bì-jr̄"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "iyanbihjy"
},
{
"roman": "ijanʹbičži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ияньбичжи"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ bai³ zi¹"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yāt yìhn bai jī"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jat⁷ jin⁴ bai³ dzi¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yed¹ yin⁴ bei³ ji¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ pɐi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"word": "一言蔽之"
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"pos": "phrase",
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"in a nutshell",
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],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄓ"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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},
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"phonetic"
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},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄓ"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yiyánbìjhih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹-yen²-pi⁴-chih¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī-yán-bì-jr̄"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "iyanbihjy"
},
{
"roman": "ijanʹbičži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ияньбичжи"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ bai³ zi¹"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yāt yìhn bai jī"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jat⁷ jin⁴ bai³ dzi¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yed¹ yin⁴ bei³ ji¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ pɐi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yīyán yǐ bì zhī",
"word": "一言以蔽之"
}
],
"word": "一言蔽之"
}
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