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{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "shàng'àn",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “to go into the pornography or sex work industry”",
"word": "上岸"
}
],
"etymology_text": "In the business sense, the analogy is that going out to the sea is usually risky and unpredictable.",
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"lang_code": "zh",
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"to sail out to the sea; to go to sea; to go fishing, swimming, surfing (or other activities) in the sea"
],
"id": "en-下海-zh-verb-YnZPoAZ6",
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"sail",
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"sea",
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"go",
"go"
],
[
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],
[
"swim",
"swim"
],
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"surf",
"surf"
]
],
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],
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"sense": "to sail out the sea",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落海"
}
],
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"literally"
]
},
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],
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{
"english": "to go into business",
"roman": "xiàhǎi jīngshāng",
"text": "下海經商／下海经商",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to resign from one's profession and venture into doing business"
],
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"resign",
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"profession",
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],
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"venture",
"venture"
],
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"business",
"business"
]
],
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"(figuratively, chiefly Mainland China) to resign from one's profession and venture into doing business"
],
"tags": [
"Mainland-China",
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to turn professional"
],
"id": "en-下海-zh-verb-IytaeCG1",
"links": [
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"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"professional",
"professional"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, of an amateur performer) to turn professional"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an amateur performer"
],
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"figuratively"
]
},
{
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{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "Prostitution",
"orig": "zh:Prostitution",
"parents": [
"Sexuality",
"Human behaviour",
"Sex",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Reproduction",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"to be driven to prostitution"
],
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],
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"prostitution",
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"(figuratively, of a woman) to be driven to prostitution"
],
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"of a woman"
],
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]
},
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},
{
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"name": "Pornography",
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"All topics",
"Reproduction",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
],
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"to go into the pornography or sex work industry"
],
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"pornography",
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],
[
"sex work",
"sex work"
],
[
"industry",
"industry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, slang) to go into the pornography or sex work industry"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "xiàhǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ hoi²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hǎ-hái"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hā-hái"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hēe-hái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "xiàhǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "siàhǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hsia⁴-hai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syà-hǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shiahhae"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "сяхай"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sjaxaj"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hah hói"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ hoi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ha⁶ hoi²"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² hɔːi̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎ-hái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎ-hái"
},
{
"ipa": "/ha²² hai⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hā-hái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hā-hái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "haxhae"
},
{
"ipa": "/ha²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hēe-hái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hēe-hái"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɛ²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"other": "/ hā-hái /"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² hɔːi̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ha²² hai⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ha²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɛ²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/"
}
],
"word": "下海"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "shàng'àn",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “to go into the pornography or sex work industry”",
"word": "上岸"
}
],
"categories": [
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chinese verbs",
"zh:Business",
"zh:Pornography",
"zh:Prostitution"
],
"etymology_text": "In the business sense, the analogy is that going out to the sea is usually risky and unpredictable.",
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}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to sail out to the sea; to go to sea; to go fishing, swimming, surfing (or other activities) in the sea"
],
"links": [
[
"sail",
"sail"
],
[
"sea",
"sea"
],
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"fishing",
"fishing"
],
[
"swim",
"swim"
],
[
"surf",
"surf"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literally) to sail out to the sea; to go to sea; to go fishing, swimming, surfing (or other activities) in the sea"
],
"tags": [
"literally"
]
},
{
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"Mainland China Chinese",
"Mandarin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to go into business",
"roman": "xiàhǎi jīngshāng",
"text": "下海經商／下海经商",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to resign from one's profession and venture into doing business"
],
"links": [
[
"resign",
"resign"
],
[
"profession",
"profession"
],
[
"venture",
"venture"
],
[
"business",
"business"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, chiefly Mainland China) to resign from one's profession and venture into doing business"
],
"tags": [
"Mainland-China",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to turn professional"
],
"links": [
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"professional",
"professional"
]
],
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"(figuratively, of an amateur performer) to turn professional"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an amateur performer"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to be driven to prostitution"
],
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[
"driven",
"driven"
],
[
"prostitution",
"prostitution"
]
],
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"(figuratively, of a woman) to be driven to prostitution"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a woman"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
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"Chinese slang"
],
"glosses": [
"to go into the pornography or sex work industry"
],
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"pornography",
"pornography"
],
[
"sex work",
"sex work"
],
[
"industry",
"industry"
]
],
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"(figuratively, slang) to go into the pornography or sex work industry"
],
"tags": [
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"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "xiàhǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ hoi²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hǎ-hái"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hā-hái"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hēe-hái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "xiàhǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "siàhǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hsia⁴-hai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syà-hǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shiahhae"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "сяхай"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sjaxaj"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hah hói"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ hoi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ha⁶ hoi²"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² hɔːi̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎ-hái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hǎ-hái"
},
{
"ipa": "/ha²² hai⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hā-hái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hā-hái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "haxhae"
},
{
"ipa": "/ha²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hēe-hái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hēe-hái"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɛ²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"other": "/ hā-hái /"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² hɔːi̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ha²² hai⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ha²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɛ²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "to sail out the sea",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落海"
}
],
"word": "下海"
}
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