"何樂不為" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /xɤ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː²¹ lɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ho¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ ui¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /hɤ²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /xɤ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/, /hɔː²¹ lɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/, /ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/, /ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui²⁴/, /ho¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ ui¹³/, /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/, /hɤ²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³/ Chinese transliterations: hélèbùwéi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ho⁴ lok⁶ bat¹ wai⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hô-lo̍k-put-ûi, hélèbùwéi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hélèbùwéi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ho²-lê⁴-pu⁴-wei² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hé-lè-bù-wéi [Mandarin, Yale], herlehbuwei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хэлэбувэй [Mandarin, Palladius], xɛlɛbuvɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], hòh lohk bāt wàih [Cantonese, Yale], ho⁴ lok⁹ bat⁷ wai⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ho⁴ log⁶ bed¹ wei⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hô-lo̍k-put-ûi [Hokkien, POJ], hô-lo̍k-put-uî [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hoilogput'uii [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 何樂不為
  1. (rhetorical) why not do it?; what is there against it? Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 何樂而不為/何乐而不为 (hé lè ér bù wéi), 何樂而不為 (hé lè ér bù wéi), 何乐而不为 (hé lè ér bù wéi)
    Sense id: en-何樂不為-zh-phrase-c12qtzeh Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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        "(rhetorical) why not do it?; what is there against it?"
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      "zh-pron": "hélèbùwéi"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ lok⁶ bat¹ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hô-lo̍k-put-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "hélèbùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hélèbùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho²-lê⁴-pu⁴-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hé-lè-bù-wéi"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "herlehbuwei"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэлэбувэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xɛlɛbuvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòh lohk bāt wàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ lok⁹ bat⁷ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ log⁶ bed¹ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ lɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hô-lo̍k-put-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hô-lo̍k-put-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoilogput'uii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɤ²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ lɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ ui¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɤ²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "何樂不為"
}
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        "why not do it?; what is there against it?"
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        "(rhetorical) why not do it?; what is there against it?"
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      "zh-pron": "hélèbùwéi"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ lok⁶ bat¹ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hô-lo̍k-put-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "hélèbùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "hélèbùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho²-lê⁴-pu⁴-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hé-lè-bù-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "herlehbuwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэлэбувэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xɛlɛbuvɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòh lohk bāt wàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ lok⁹ bat⁷ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho⁴ log⁶ bed¹ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ lɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hô-lo̍k-put-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hô-lo̍k-put-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoilogput'uii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɤ²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ lɔːk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ ui¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɤ²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hé lè ér bù wéi",
      "word": "何樂而不為/何乐而不为"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hé lè ér bù wéi",
      "word": "何樂而不為"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hé lè ér bù wéi",
      "word": "何乐而不为"
    }
  ],
  "word": "何樂不為"
}

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