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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "不成器",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "bù dǎ bù chéng qì",
"word": "不打不成器"
},
{
"roman": "yù bù zhuó, bù chéng qì",
"word": "玉不琢，不成器"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Children who fail to learn from good examples will not grow up to be useful people.",
"ref": "孩子不學好不成器。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "孩子不学好不成器。 [MSC, simp.]\nHáizi bù xuéhǎo bùchéngqì. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to not grow up to be a talented or useful person"
],
"id": "en-不成器-zh-phrase-p3ROY~1I",
"links": [
[
"grow up",
"grow up"
],
[
"talented",
"talented"
],
[
"useful",
"useful"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to not grow up to be a talented or useful person"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùchéngqì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "bat¹ sing⁴ hei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "put sêng khì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "bug⁴ sêng¹ ki³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùchéngqì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùchéngcì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-chʻêng²-chʻi⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-chéng-chì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bucherngchih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "бучэнци"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bučɛnci"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bāt sìhng hei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bat⁷ sing⁴ hei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ xing⁴ héi³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "put sîng khì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "pud seeng qix"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "puk seng khì"
},
{
"ipa": "/puk̚²⁻⁴ seŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puk̚²⁻⁴ seŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/"
}
],
"word": "不成器"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"roman": "bù dǎ bù chéng qì",
"word": "不打不成器"
},
{
"roman": "yù bù zhuó, bù chéng qì",
"word": "玉不琢，不成器"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "不成器",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese four-character idioms",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese four-character idioms",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien four-character idioms",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin four-character idioms",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with usage examples",
"Teochew four-character idioms",
"Teochew idioms",
"Teochew lemmas"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Children who fail to learn from good examples will not grow up to be useful people.",
"ref": "孩子不學好不成器。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "孩子不学好不成器。 [MSC, simp.]\nHáizi bù xuéhǎo bùchéngqì. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to not grow up to be a talented or useful person"
],
"links": [
[
"grow up",
"grow up"
],
[
"talented",
"talented"
],
[
"useful",
"useful"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to not grow up to be a talented or useful person"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùchéngqì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "bat¹ sing⁴ hei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "put sêng khì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "bug⁴ sêng¹ ki³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùchéngqì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùchéngcì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-chʻêng²-chʻi⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-chéng-chì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bucherngchih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "бучэнци"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bučɛnci"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bāt sìhng hei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bat⁷ sing⁴ hei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ xing⁴ héi³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "put sîng khì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "pud seeng qix"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "puk seng khì"
},
{
"ipa": "/puk̚²⁻⁴ seŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puk̚²⁻⁴ seŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/"
}
],
"word": "不成器"
}
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