See 不破不立 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"There is no construction without destruction. There's no making without breaking. To make, you must break."
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"id": "en-不破不立-zh-phrase-qRj0W9el",
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],
"zh_pron": "bùpòbùlì"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ po³ bat¹ laap⁶"
},
{
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"zh_pron": "bùpòbùlì"
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"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ"
},
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "bùpòbùlì"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-pʻo⁴-pu⁴-li⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-pwò-bù-lì"
},
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"tags": [
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bupohbulih"
},
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"zh_pron": "бупобули"
},
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"ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li⁵¹/",
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"zh_pron": "bat¹ po³ bat¹ laap⁶"
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"zh_pron": "bāt po bāt laahp"
},
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"zh_pron": "bat⁷ po³ bat⁷ laap⁹"
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"zh_pron": "bed¹ po³ bed¹ lab⁶"
},
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},
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},
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"Mandarin",
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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},
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],
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},
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],
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},
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},
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"zh_pron": "bat⁷ po³ bat⁷ laap⁹"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ po³ bed¹ lab⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ pʰɔː³³ pɐt̚⁵ laːp̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "不破不立"
}
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