See 仁者見仁，智者見智 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Standard-Chinese",
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"zh_pron": "чжичжэ цзянь чжи"
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"ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "ji jé gin ji"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "jan⁴ dze² gin³ jan⁴"
},
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
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"zh_pron": "yen⁴ zé² gin³ yen⁴"
},
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ji³ zé² gin³ ji³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐn²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵ kiːn³³ jɐn²¹ t͡siː³³ t͡sɛː³⁵ kiːn³³ t͡siː³³/",
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},
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],
"zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
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"zh_pron": "ㄓˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "jan⁴ ze² gin³ jan⁴"
},
{
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},
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"zh_pron": "rénzhě jiàn rén"
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"zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄓˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓˋ"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "rénjhě jiàn rén"
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},
{
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"zh_pron": "jên²-chê³ chien⁴ jên²"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chih⁴-chê³ chien⁴ chih⁴"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "rén-jě jyàn rén-"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jr̀-jě jyàn jr̀"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "renjee jiann ren"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jyhjee jiann jyh"
},
{
"roman": "žɛnʹčžɛ czjanʹ žɛnʹ, čžičžɛ czjanʹ čži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "жэньчжэ цзянь жэнь"
},
{
"roman": "žɛnʹčžɛ czjanʹ žɛnʹ, čžičžɛ czjanʹ čži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "чжичжэ цзянь чжи"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "jan⁴ ze² gin³ jan⁴"
},
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"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "zi³ ze² gin³ zi³"
},
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],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yàhn jé gin yàhn"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "ji jé gin ji"
},
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],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
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],
"zh_pron": "jan⁴ dze² gin³ jan⁴"
},
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"Hong Kong"
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"zh_pron": "dzi³ dze² gin³ dzi³"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yen⁴ zé² gin³ yen⁴"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ji³ zé² gin³ ji³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐn²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵ kiːn³³ jɐn²¹ t͡siː³³ t͡sɛː³⁵ kiːn³³ t͡siː³³/",
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"roman": "jiànrénjiànzhì",
"word": "見仁見智"
},
{
"roman": "jiànrénjiànzhì",
"word": "见仁见智"
},
{
"roman": "gèyǒusuǒhào",
"word": "各有所好"
},
{
"roman": "rén shū yì yì",
"word": "人殊意異"
},
{
"roman": "rén shū yì yì",
"word": "人殊意异"
}
],
"word": "仁者見仁，智者見智"
}
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