"先花後果" meaning in Chinese

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          "english": "[She bore three daughters and one son.] The son was named Chengzu, the eldest daughter Yuying, the second daughter Taoying, and the third daughter Yueying. Yuying was the eldest of the four and Chengzu the son was the second.",
          "ref": "生下三女一男：兒子名曰承祖，長女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元來是先花後果的，倒是玉英居長，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "生下三女一男：儿子名曰承祖，长女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元来是先花后果的，倒是玉英居长，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE\nShēngxià sān nǚ yī nán: érzǐ míng yuē Chéngzǔ, chángnǚ míng Yùyīng, cìnǚ míng Táoyīng, sānnǚ míng Yuèyīng. Yuánlái shì xiānhuāhòuguǒ de, dǎoshì Yùyīng jū cháng, cì jí Chéngzǔ. [Pinyin]",
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      "glosses": [
        "to give birth to a girl first and then a boy"
      ],
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          "give",
          "give"
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        [
          "birth",
          "birth"
        ],
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          "girl",
          "girl"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) to give birth to a girl first and then a boy"
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "obsolete"
      ]
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "xiānhuāhòuguǒ"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "sin¹ faa¹ hau⁶ gwo²"
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "xiānhuāhòuguǒ"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "sianhuahòuguǒ"
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      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-hua¹-hou⁴-kuo³"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "syān-hwā-hòu-gwǒ"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "shianhuahowguoo"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "сяньхуахоуго"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "sjanʹxuaxougo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "sīn fā hauh gwó"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ faa¹ hau⁶ gwo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ fa¹ heo⁶ guo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² kʷɔː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² kʷɔː³⁵/"
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  "word": "先花後果"
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          "english": "[She bore three daughters and one son.] The son was named Chengzu, the eldest daughter Yuying, the second daughter Taoying, and the third daughter Yueying. Yuying was the eldest of the four and Chengzu the son was the second.",
          "ref": "生下三女一男：兒子名曰承祖，長女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元來是先花後果的，倒是玉英居長，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "生下三女一男：儿子名曰承祖，长女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元来是先花后果的，倒是玉英居长，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE\nShēngxià sān nǚ yī nán: érzǐ míng yuē Chéngzǔ, chángnǚ míng Yùyīng, cìnǚ míng Táoyīng, sānnǚ míng Yuèyīng. Yuánlái shì xiānhuāhòuguǒ de, dǎoshì Yùyīng jū cháng, cì jí Chéngzǔ. [Pinyin]",
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        "to give birth to a girl first and then a boy"
      ],
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          "first",
          "first"
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          "boy",
          "boy"
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        "(obsolete) to give birth to a girl first and then a boy"
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      "zh-pron": "xiānhuāhòuguǒ"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "sin¹ faa¹ hau⁶ gwo²"
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānhuāhòuguǒ"
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      "zh-pron": "sianhuahòuguǒ"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-hua¹-hou⁴-kuo³"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "syān-hwā-hòu-gwǒ"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "shianhuahowguoo"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньхуахоуго"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹxuaxougo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Mandarin",
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        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "sīn fā hauh gwó"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "sin¹ faa¹ hau⁶ gwo²"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "xin¹ fa¹ heo⁶ guo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² kʷɔː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² kʷɔː³⁵/"
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  "word": "先花後果"
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