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"unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death"
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"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "saam¹ coeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyun²"
},
{
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{
"zh-pron": "san¹ zhan² lian³ donn³"
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{
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{
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"zh-pron": "san¹-chʻang²-liang³-tuan³"
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"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "sān-cháng-lyǎng-dwǎn"
},
{
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sancharngleangdoan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "саньчанляндуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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],
"zh-pron": "sanʹčanljanduanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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},
{
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"zh-pron": "sānchángliǎngduǎnr [Phonetic:sānchángliángduǎnr]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇㄦ"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "sanchángliǎngduǎnr"
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{
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"zh-pron": "san¹-chʻang²-liang³-tuan³-ʼrh"
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"Mandarin",
"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "sān-cháng-lyǎng-dwǎnr"
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{
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "sancharngleangdoal"
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{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "саньчанляндуаньр"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sanʹčanljanduanʹr"
},
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"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sāam chèuhng léuhng dyún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "saam¹ tsoeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyn²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sam¹ cêng⁴ lêng⁵ dün²"
},
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"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
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"zh-pron": "saⁿ-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "sann-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "sva'dngnngxdea"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
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},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/",
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"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Wiktionary-specific",
"Xiang"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹ zhan² lian³ donn³"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ t͡san¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/",
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"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: sānchángliángduǎn]"
},
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"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: sānchángliángduǎnr]"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/"
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"word": "三長兩短"
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"zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "saam¹ coeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyun²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "saⁿ-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
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{
"zh-pron": "san¹ zhan² lian³ donn³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "sānchángliǎngduǎn [Phonetic:sānchángliángduǎn]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sanchángliǎngduǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹-chʻang²-liang³-tuan³"
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{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "sān-cháng-lyǎng-dwǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sancharngleangdoan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "саньчанляндуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sanʹčanljanduanʹ"
},
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"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "sānchángliǎngduǎnr [Phonetic:sānchángliángduǎnr]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄙㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sanchángliǎngduǎnr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹-chʻang²-liang³-tuan³-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sān-cháng-lyǎng-dwǎnr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "sancharngleangdoal"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "саньчанляндуаньр"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sanʹčanljanduanʹr"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sāam chèuhng léuhng dyún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "saam¹ tsoeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyn²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sam¹ cêng⁴ lêng⁵ dün²"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "saⁿ-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "sann-tn̂g-nn̄g-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "sva'dngnngxdea"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Wiktionary-specific",
"Xiang"
],
"zh-pron": "san¹ zhan² lian³ donn³"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ t͡san¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Changsha",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Xiang"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: sānchángliángduǎn]"
},
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"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: sānchángliángduǎnr]"
},
{
"ipa": "/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/san³³ t͡san¹³ li̯æn⁴¹ tõ⁴¹/"
}
],
"word": "三長兩短"
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