See 不枝不蔓 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "neither branching out nor spreading about",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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},
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{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
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"source": "w"
},
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"kind": "other",
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"glosses": [
"synonym of 不蔓不枝 (bùmànbùzhī, “succinct and to the point; written in a pithy and smooth style; concise (of an article, speech, etc.)”)"
],
"id": "en-不枝不蔓-zh-phrase-TADSoyzt",
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"不蔓不枝",
"不蔓不枝#Chinese"
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"to the point",
"to the point"
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"written",
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"pithy",
"pithy"
],
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"smooth",
"smooth"
],
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"style",
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],
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"concise",
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]
],
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"extra": "(bùmànbùzhī, “succinct and to the point; written in a pithy and smooth style; concise (of an article, speech, etc.)”)",
"tags": [
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"synonym-of"
],
"word": "不蔓不枝"
}
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùzhībùmàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ maan⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùzhībùmàn [Phonetic: bùzhībúmàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùjhihbùmàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-chih¹-pu⁴-man⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-jr̄-bù-màn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bujybumann"
},
{
"roman": "bučžibumanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бучжибумань"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ män⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ maan⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāt jī bāt maahn"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bat⁷ dzi¹ bat⁷ maan⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ ji¹ bed¹ man⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ maːn²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
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"word": "不枝不蔓"
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "neither branching out nor spreading about",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 枝",
"Chinese terms spelled with 蔓",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
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"synonym of 不蔓不枝 (bùmànbùzhī, “succinct and to the point; written in a pithy and smooth style; concise (of an article, speech, etc.)”)"
],
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],
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùzhībùmàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ maan⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùzhībùmàn [Phonetic: bùzhībúmàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùjhihbùmàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-chih¹-pu⁴-man⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-jr̄-bù-màn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bujybumann"
},
{
"roman": "bučžibumanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бучжибумань"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ män⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ maan⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāt jī bāt maahn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bat⁷ dzi¹ bat⁷ maan⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ ji¹ bed¹ man⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ maːn²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "不枝不蔓"
}
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