See 信口雌黃 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"pos": "phrase",
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{
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},
{
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"glosses": [
"to make irresponsible remarks, to utter nonsense"
],
"id": "en-信口雌黃-zh-phrase-2yCIGi96",
"links": [
[
"make",
"make"
],
[
"irresponsible",
"irresponsible"
],
[
"remark",
"remark"
],
[
"utter",
"utter"
],
[
"nonsense",
"nonsense"
]
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìnkǒucíhuáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìnkǒucīhuáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "seon³ hau² ci¹ wong⁴"
},
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],
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
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},
{
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],
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìnkǒucíhhuáng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsin⁴-kʻou³-tzʻŭ²-huang²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syìn-kǒu-tsź-hwáng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shinnkooutsyrhwang"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"roman": "sinʹkoucyxuan",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "синькоуцыхуан"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìnkǒucīhuáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìnkǒucihhuáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsin⁴-kʻou³-tzʻŭ¹-huang²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syìn-kǒu-tsz̄-hwáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shinnkooutsyhwang"
},
{
"roman": "sinʹkoucyxuan",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "синькоуцыхуан"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "seon³ hau² ci¹ wong⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "seun háu chī wòhng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "soen³ hau² tsi¹ wong⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sên³ heo² qi¹ wong⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "信口雌黃"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Paper used in ancient China were yellowish in color and orpiment was used as correction fluid. The idiom is therefore used as a metaphor of a person trying to correct oneself when he/she is talking nonsense.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "信口雌黄",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"name": "head"
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 信",
"Chinese terms spelled with 口",
"Chinese terms spelled with 雌",
"Chinese terms spelled with 黃",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to make irresponsible remarks, to utter nonsense"
],
"links": [
[
"make",
"make"
],
[
"irresponsible",
"irresponsible"
],
[
"remark",
"remark"
],
[
"utter",
"utter"
],
[
"nonsense",
"nonsense"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
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"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìnkǒucíhuáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìnkǒucīhuáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "seon³ hau² ci¹ wong⁴"
},
{
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"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìnkǒucíhuáng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìnkǒucíhhuáng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsin⁴-kʻou³-tzʻŭ²-huang²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syìn-kǒu-tsź-hwáng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shinnkooutsyrhwang"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"roman": "sinʹkoucyxuan",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "синькоуцыхуан"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan"
],
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìnkǒucīhuáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìnkǒucihhuáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsin⁴-kʻou³-tzʻŭ¹-huang²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syìn-kǒu-tsz̄-hwáng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shinnkooutsyhwang"
},
{
"roman": "sinʹkoucyxuan",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "синькоуцыхуан"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "seon³ hau² ci¹ wong⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "seun háu chī wòhng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "soen³ hau² tsi¹ wong⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "sên³ heo² qi¹ wong⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "信口雌黃"
}
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