"不足為憑" meaning in Chinese

See 不足為憑 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 不足爲憑 [Traditional-Chinese], 不足为凭 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 不足為憑
  1. to afford little or no evidence; to have flimsy evidence; cannot be taken as evidence Tags: idiomatic
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "不足爲憑",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "不足为凭",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "不足為憑",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to afford little or no evidence; to have flimsy evidence; cannot be taken as evidence"
      ],
      "id": "en-不足為憑-zh-phrase-EBPKKas8",
      "links": [
        [
          "afford",
          "afford"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "flimsy",
          "flimsy"
        ],
        [
          "cannot",
          "cannot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùzúwéipíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ pang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùzúwéipíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùzúwéipíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-tsu²-wei²-pʻing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-dzú-wéi-píng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "butzwuweipyng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "buczuvɛjpin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "буцзувэйпин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ pang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bāt jūk wàih pàhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat⁷ dzuk⁷ wai⁴ pang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bed¹ zug¹ wei⁴ peng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "不足為憑"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "不足爲憑",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "不足为凭",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "不足為憑",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 憑",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 為",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 足",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to afford little or no evidence; to have flimsy evidence; cannot be taken as evidence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "afford",
          "afford"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "flimsy",
          "flimsy"
        ],
        [
          "cannot",
          "cannot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùzúwéipíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ pang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùzúwéipíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùzúwéipíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-tsu²-wei²-pʻing²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-dzú-wéi-píng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "butzwuweipyng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "buczuvɛjpin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "буцзувэйпин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ pang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bāt jūk wàih pàhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat⁷ dzuk⁷ wai⁴ pang⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bed¹ zug¹ wei⁴ peng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "不足為憑"
}

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