"備而不用" meaning in Chinese

See 備而不用 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /peɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pei̯²² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pi³³⁻²¹ zi²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /peɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/, /pei̯²² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²²/, /pi³³⁻²¹ zi²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/ Chinese transliterations: bèi'érbùyòng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bei⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ jung⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], pī-jî-put-iōng, bèi'érbùyòng [Phonetic:bèi'érbúyòng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bèi-érbùyòng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pei⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-yung⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bèi-ér-bù-yùng [Mandarin, Yale], beyerlbuyonq [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бэйэрбуюн [Mandarin, Palladius], bɛjɛrbujun [Mandarin, Palladius], beih yìh bāt yuhng [Cantonese, Yale], bei⁶ ji⁴ bat⁷ jung⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], béi⁶ yi⁴ bed¹ yung⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], pī-jî-put-iōng [Hokkien, POJ], pī-jî-put-iōng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], pixji'put'iong [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 备而不用
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 備而不用
  1. to have something ready just in case; to keep something for possible future use Tags: idiomatic
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "Hokkien chengyu",
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          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have something ready just in case; to keep something for possible future use"
      ],
      "id": "en-備而不用-zh-phrase-NWFB2Wxh",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ],
        [
          "in case",
          "in case"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ],
        [
          "future",
          "future"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bèi'érbùyòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ jung⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pī-jî-put-iōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bèi'érbùyòng [Phonetic:bèi'érbúyòng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bèi-érbùyòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pei⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-yung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bèi-ér-bù-yùng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beyerlbuyonq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бэйэрбуюн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bɛjɛrbujun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beih yìh bāt yuhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei⁶ ji⁴ bat⁷ jung⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "béi⁶ yi⁴ bed¹ yung⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pei̯²² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī-jî-put-iōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī-jî-put-iōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pixji'put'iong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi³³⁻²¹ zi²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: bèi'érbúyòng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pei̯²² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi³³⁻²¹ zi²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "備而不用"
}
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        "Simplified Chinese"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
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        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 備",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 用",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 而",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have something ready just in case; to keep something for possible future use"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ],
        [
          "in case",
          "in case"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ],
        [
          "future",
          "future"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bèi'érbùyòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ jung⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pī-jî-put-iōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bèi'érbùyòng [Phonetic:bèi'érbúyòng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bèi-érbùyòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pei⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-yung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bèi-ér-bù-yùng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beyerlbuyonq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бэйэрбуюн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bɛjɛrbujun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beih yìh bāt yuhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei⁶ ji⁴ bat⁷ jung⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "béi⁶ yi⁴ bed¹ yung⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pei̯²² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī-jî-put-iōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī-jî-put-iōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pixji'put'iong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi³³⁻²¹ zi²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: bèi'érbúyòng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pei̯²² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi³³⁻²¹ zi²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "備而不用"
}

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