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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "下⫽臺階",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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},
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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],
"glosses": [
"to go off stage"
],
"id": "en-下臺階-zh-verb-lk8qe65p",
"links": [
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"off",
"off"
],
[
"stage",
"stage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literally) to go off stage"
],
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"roman": "xiàtái",
"sense": "to go off stage",
"word": "下臺"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"roman": "xiàtái",
"sense": "to go off stage",
"word": "下台"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"sense": "to go off stage",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落臺"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"sense": "to go off stage",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落台"
}
],
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]
},
{
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"to get out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation"
],
"id": "en-下臺階-zh-verb-kjZnpCw1",
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[
"get out of",
"get out of"
],
[
"predicament",
"predicament"
],
[
"embarrassing",
"embarrassing"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to get out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"roman": "xiàtái",
"sense": "to get out of a predicament",
"word": "下臺"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"roman": "xiàtái",
"sense": "to get out of a predicament",
"word": "下台"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"sense": "to get out of a predicament",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落臺"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"sense": "to get out of a predicament",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落台"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"verb-object"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "xià táijiē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "xià táijiē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sià táijie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hsia⁴ tʻai²-chieh¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syà tái-jyē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shiah tairjie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ся тайцзе"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sja tajcze"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hah tòih gāai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ha⁶ toi⁴ gai¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "下臺階"
}
{
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"args": {
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"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "下臺階",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Give him an excuse to avoid him from embarrassing himself.",
"ref": "給他一個下臺階吧。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "给他一个下台阶吧。 [MSC, simp.]\nGěi tā yīge xiàtáijiē ba. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"chance to not lose face"
],
"id": "en-下臺階-zh-noun-ihDu7dR1",
"links": [
[
"chance",
"chance"
],
[
"lose face",
"lose face"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "落臺階"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "落台阶"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "xià táijiē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "xià táijiē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sià táijie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hsia⁴ tʻai²-chieh¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syà tái-jyē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shiah tairjie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ся тайцзе"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sja tajcze"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hah tòih gāai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ha⁶ toi⁴ gai¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "下臺階"
}
{
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"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese nouns",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chinese verbs"
],
"forms": [
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]
}
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],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to go off stage"
],
"links": [
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"off",
"off"
],
[
"stage",
"stage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literally) to go off stage"
],
"tags": [
"literally",
"verb-object"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to get out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation"
],
"links": [
[
"get out of",
"get out of"
],
[
"predicament",
"predicament"
],
[
"embarrassing",
"embarrassing"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to get out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"verb-object"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "xià táijiē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "xià táijiē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sià táijie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hsia⁴ tʻai²-chieh¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syà tái-jyē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shiah tairjie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ся тайцзе"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sja tajcze"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hah tòih gāai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ha⁶ toi⁴ gai¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "xiàtái",
"sense": "to go off stage",
"word": "下臺"
},
{
"roman": "xiàtái",
"sense": "to go off stage",
"word": "下台"
},
{
"sense": "to go off stage",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落臺"
},
{
"sense": "to go off stage",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落台"
},
{
"roman": "xiàtái",
"sense": "to get out of a predicament",
"word": "下臺"
},
{
"roman": "xiàtái",
"sense": "to get out of a predicament",
"word": "下台"
},
{
"sense": "to get out of a predicament",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落臺"
},
{
"sense": "to get out of a predicament",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落台"
}
],
"word": "下臺階"
}
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"Chinese nouns",
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},
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Mandarin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Give him an excuse to avoid him from embarrassing himself.",
"ref": "給他一個下臺階吧。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "给他一个下台阶吧。 [MSC, simp.]\nGěi tā yīge xiàtáijiē ba. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"chance to not lose face"
],
"links": [
[
"chance",
"chance"
],
[
"lose face",
"lose face"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "xià táijiē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "xià táijiē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "sià táijie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hsia⁴ tʻai²-chieh¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "syà tái-jyē"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "shiah tairjie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ся тайцзе"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "sja tajcze"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hah tòih gāai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ha⁶ toi⁴ gai¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/haː²² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "落臺階"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "落台阶"
}
],
"word": "下臺階"
}
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