"不亦樂乎" meaning in Chinese

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      "english": "Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái, bù yì lè hū?",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái, bù yì lè hū?",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？",
      "type": "quote"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From the Analects (《論語·學而》)",
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      "form": "不亦乐乎",
      "raw_tags": [
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "is it not a joy?",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Isn't it a pleasure (to ...)?"
      ],
      "id": "en-不亦樂乎-zh-phrase-eyGVVGZa",
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          "original",
          "original"
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        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
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        [
          "pleasure",
          "pleasure"
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        "(original meaning) Isn't it a pleasure (to ...)?"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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        {
          "english": "to have lots of fun when playing",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "wánr dé bùyìlèhū",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "玩得不亦樂乎",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to have lots of fun when playing",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "wánr dé bùyìlèhū",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "玩得不亦乐乎",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be awfully busy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "máng dé bùyìlèhū",
          "text": "忙得不亦樂乎",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be awfully busy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "máng dé bùyìlèhū",
          "text": "忙得不亦乐乎",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to a great extent; extremely; very; awfully"
      ],
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          "adjective",
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        [
          "verb",
          "verb"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "extent",
          "extent"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "awfully",
          "awfully"
        ]
      ],
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        "(modifies an adjective or verb) to a great extent; extremely; very; awfully"
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyìlèhū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄏㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jik⁶ lok⁶ fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "but² yiak⁵ lok⁵ fu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-e̍k-lo̍k-hô͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-e̍k-lo̍k-hò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyìlèhū [Phonetic:búyìlèhū]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyìlèhu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-i⁴-lê⁴-hu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-yì-lè-hū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buyihlehhu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буилэху"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "builɛxu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jik⁶ lok⁶ fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yihk lohk fùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jik⁹ lok⁹ fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yig⁶ log⁶ fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚² lɔːk̚² fuː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "but² yiak⁵ lok⁵ fu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁵ jiak̚³² lɔk̚³² fu²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-e̍k-lo̍k-hô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-i̍k-lo̍k-hôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put'egloghoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-e̍k-lo̍k-hò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-i̍k-lo̍k-hòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put'egloghox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búyìlèhū]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚² lɔːk̚² fuː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁵ jiak̚³² lɔk̚³² fu²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Analects"
  ],
  "word": "不亦樂乎"
}

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    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 乎",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 亦",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 樂",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "english": "Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?",
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái, bù yì lè hū?",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？",
      "type": "quote"
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    {
      "english": "Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái, bù yì lè hū?",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
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      "text": "有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？",
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  "literal_meaning": "is it not a joy?",
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        "Isn't it a pleasure (to ...)?"
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        "(original meaning) Isn't it a pleasure (to ...)?"
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        {
          "english": "to have lots of fun when playing",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "wánr dé bùyìlèhū",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "玩得不亦樂乎",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to have lots of fun when playing",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "wánr dé bùyìlèhū",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "玩得不亦乐乎",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be awfully busy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "máng dé bùyìlèhū",
          "text": "忙得不亦樂乎",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be awfully busy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "máng dé bùyìlèhū",
          "text": "忙得不亦乐乎",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to a great extent; extremely; very; awfully"
      ],
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          "modifies"
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          "adjective",
          "adjective"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "extent",
          "extent"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "awfully",
          "awfully"
        ]
      ],
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        "(modifies an adjective or verb) to a great extent; extremely; very; awfully"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyìlèhū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄏㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jik⁶ lok⁶ fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "but² yiak⁵ lok⁵ fu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-e̍k-lo̍k-hô͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-e̍k-lo̍k-hò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyìlèhū [Phonetic:búyìlèhū]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyìlèhu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-i⁴-lê⁴-hu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-yì-lè-hū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buyihlehhu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буилэху"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "builɛxu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jik⁶ lok⁶ fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yihk lohk fùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jik⁹ lok⁹ fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yig⁶ log⁶ fu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚² lɔːk̚² fuː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "but² yiak⁵ lok⁵ fu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁵ jiak̚³² lɔk̚³² fu²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-e̍k-lo̍k-hô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-i̍k-lo̍k-hôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put'egloghoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-e̍k-lo̍k-hò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-i̍k-lo̍k-hòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put'egloghox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búyìlèhū]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚² lɔːk̚² fuː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁵ jiak̚³² lɔk̚³² fu²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²⁴/"
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