See 三日不讀書，面目可憎 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Literally: If you don't read for three days, you will become unattractive.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "三日不读书，面目可憎",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "proverb"
},
"expansion": "三日不讀書，面目可憎",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese proverbs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese proverbs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin proverbs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"If you are not diligent in your studies, you will remain ignorant, and nobody will be attracted to you."
],
"id": "en-三日不讀書，面目可憎-zh-proverb-~VUNjeoq"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sān rì bù dúshū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "miànmùkězēng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "saam¹ jat⁶ bat¹ duk⁶ syu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "min⁶ muk⁶ ho² zang¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sān rì bù dúshū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "miànmùkězēng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "san rìh bù dúshu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "miànmùkězeng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "san¹ jih⁴ pu⁴ tu²-shu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "mien⁴-mu⁴-kʻo³-tsêng¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sān r̀ bù dú-shū-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "myàn-mù-kě-dzēng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "san ryh bu dwushu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "miannmuhkeetzeng"
},
{
"roman": "sanʹ ži bu dušu, mjanʹmukɛczɛn",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сань жи бу душу"
},
{
"roman": "sanʹ ži bu dušu, mjanʹmukɛczɛn",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "мяньмукэцзэн"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "saam¹ jat⁶ bat¹ duk⁶ syu¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "min⁶ muk⁶ ho² zang¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sāam yaht bāt duhk syū"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mihn muhk hó jāng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "saam¹ jat⁹ bat⁷ duk⁹ sy¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "min⁶ muk⁹ ho² dzang¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sam¹ yed⁶ bed¹ dug⁶ xu¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "min⁶ mug⁶ ho² zeng¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ jɐt̚² pɐt̚⁵ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ miːn²² mʊk̚² hɔː³⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "三日不讀書，面目可憎"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Literally: If you don't read for three days, you will become unattractive.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "三日不读书，面目可憎",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "proverb"
},
"expansion": "三日不讀書，面目可憎",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 三",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 可",
"Chinese terms spelled with 憎",
"Chinese terms spelled with 日",
"Chinese terms spelled with 書",
"Chinese terms spelled with 目",
"Chinese terms spelled with 讀",
"Chinese terms spelled with 面",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"If you are not diligent in your studies, you will remain ignorant, and nobody will be attracted to you."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sān rì bù dúshū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "miànmùkězēng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "saam¹ jat⁶ bat¹ duk⁶ syu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "min⁶ muk⁶ ho² zang¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sān rì bù dúshū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "miànmùkězēng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "san rìh bù dúshu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "miànmùkězeng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "san¹ jih⁴ pu⁴ tu²-shu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "mien⁴-mu⁴-kʻo³-tsêng¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sān r̀ bù dú-shū-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "myàn-mù-kě-dzēng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "san ryh bu dwushu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "miannmuhkeetzeng"
},
{
"roman": "sanʹ ži bu dušu, mjanʹmukɛczɛn",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сань жи бу душу"
},
{
"roman": "sanʹ ži bu dušu, mjanʹmukɛczɛn",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "мяньмукэцзэн"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "saam¹ jat⁶ bat¹ duk⁶ syu¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "min⁶ muk⁶ ho² zang¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sāam yaht bāt duhk syū"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mihn muhk hó jāng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "saam¹ jat⁹ bat⁷ duk⁹ sy¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "min⁶ muk⁹ ho² dzang¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sam¹ yed⁶ bed¹ dug⁶ xu¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "min⁶ mug⁶ ho² zeng¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ jɐt̚² pɐt̚⁵ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ miːn²² mʊk̚² hɔː³⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "三日不讀書，面目可憎"
}
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