"一長一短" meaning in Chinese

See 一長一短 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tyːn³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tyːn³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: yīchángyīduǎn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄧ ㄉㄨㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jat¹ coeng⁴ jat¹ dyun² [Cantonese, Jyutping], yīchángyīduǎn [Phonetic:yìchángyìduǎn] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄧ ㄉㄨㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], yichángyiduǎn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], i¹-chʻang²-i¹-tuan³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], yī-cháng-yī-dwǎn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], icharngidoan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], ичанъидуань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], ičanʺiduanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], yāt chèuhng yāt dyún [Cantonese, Yale], jat⁷ tsoeng⁴ jat⁷ dyn² [Cantonese, Pinyin], yed¹ cêng⁴ yed¹ dün² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 一长一短
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 一長一短
  1. talking endlessly; long-winded Tags: idiomatic Related terms: 三長兩短 (sānchángliǎngduǎn), 三长两短 (sānchángliǎngduǎn)
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      "form": "一长一短",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "talking endlessly; long-winded"
      ],
      "id": "en-一長一短-zh-phrase-xchI7mPt",
      "links": [
        [
          "talking",
          "talking"
        ],
        [
          "endlessly",
          "endlessly"
        ],
        [
          "long-winded",
          "long-winded"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "sānchángliǎngduǎn",
          "word": "三長兩短"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sānchángliǎngduǎn",
          "word": "三长两短"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīchángyīduǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄧ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat¹ coeng⁴ jat¹ dyun²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīchángyīduǎn [Phonetic:yìchángyìduǎn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄧ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yichángyiduǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹-chʻang²-i¹-tuan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yī-cháng-yī-dwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "icharngidoan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ичанъидуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ičanʺiduanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāt chèuhng yāt dyún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat⁷ tsoeng⁴ jat⁷ dyn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yed¹ cêng⁴ yed¹ dün²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tyːn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yìchángyìduǎn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tyːn³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "一長一短"
}
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    {
      "form": "一长一短",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "一長一短",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "sānchángliǎngduǎn",
      "word": "三長兩短"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sānchángliǎngduǎn",
      "word": "三长两短"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 短",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 長",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "talking endlessly; long-winded"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talking",
          "talking"
        ],
        [
          "endlessly",
          "endlessly"
        ],
        [
          "long-winded",
          "long-winded"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīchángyīduǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄧ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat¹ coeng⁴ jat¹ dyun²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīchángyīduǎn [Phonetic:yìchángyìduǎn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄧ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yichángyiduǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹-chʻang²-i¹-tuan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yī-cháng-yī-dwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "icharngidoan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ичанъидуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ičanʺiduanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāt chèuhng yāt dyún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat⁷ tsoeng⁴ jat⁷ dyn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yed¹ cêng⁴ yed¹ dün²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tyːn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yìchángyìduǎn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tyːn³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "一長一短"
}

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