優柔不斷 in Chinese

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "优柔不断",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "優柔不斷",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "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": [
        "indecisive; undetermined"
      ],
      "id": "en-優柔不斷-zh-adj-rqDljYqh",
      "links": [
        [
          "indecisive",
          "indecisive"
        ],
        [
          "undetermined",
          "undetermined"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) indecisive; undetermined"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yōuróuguǎduàn",
          "word": "優柔寡斷"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yōuróuguǎduàn",
          "word": "优柔寡断"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yōuróu bùduàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄡ ㄖㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yōuróu bùduàn [Phonetic: yōuróu búduàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄡ ㄖㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "youróu bùduàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu¹-jou² pu⁴-tuan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yōu-róu bù-dwàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iourou buduann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "južou buduanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "южоу будуань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "優柔不斷"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "优柔不断",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "優柔不斷",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 優",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 斷",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 柔",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indecisive; undetermined"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "indecisive",
          "indecisive"
        ],
        [
          "undetermined",
          "undetermined"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) indecisive; undetermined"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yōuróu bùduàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄡ ㄖㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yōuróu bùduàn [Phonetic: yōuróu búduàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄡ ㄖㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "youróu bùduàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu¹-jou² pu⁴-tuan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yōu-róu bù-dwàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iourou buduann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "južou buduanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "южоу будуань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yōuróuguǎduàn",
      "word": "優柔寡斷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuróuguǎduàn",
      "word": "优柔寡断"
    }
  ],
  "word": "優柔不斷"
}

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"優柔不斷" meaning in Chinese

Adjective