See 凶多吉少 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "兇多吉少",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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},
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"kind": "other",
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"glosses": [
"to be more ominous than propitious; fraught with grim possibilities"
],
"id": "en-凶多吉少-zh-phrase-4uTX48TX",
"links": [
[
"more",
"more"
],
[
"ominous",
"ominous"
],
[
"propitious",
"propitious"
],
[
"fraught",
"fraught"
],
[
"grim",
"grim"
],
[
"possibilities",
"possibilities"
]
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"sounds": [
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"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiōngduōjíshǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hung¹ do¹ gat¹ siu²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Changting Pinyin"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Changting"
],
"zh_pron": "shong¹ do¹ ji² shao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiōngduōjíshǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syongduojíshǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsiung¹-to¹-chi²-shao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syūng-dwō-jí-shǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shiongduojyishao"
},
{
"roman": "sjundoczišao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюндоцзишао"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hung¹ do¹ gat¹ siu²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hūng dō gāt síu"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hung¹ do¹ gat⁷ siu²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "hung¹ do¹ ged¹ xiu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/hʊŋ⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Changting Pinyin"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Changting"
],
"zh_pron": "shong¹ do¹ ji² shao³"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃoŋ³³ to³³ t͡ɕi²⁴ ʃɔ⁴²/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Changting",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "凶多吉少"
}
{
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{
"form": "兇多吉少",
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]
}
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 凶",
"Chinese terms spelled with 吉",
"Chinese terms spelled with 多",
"Chinese terms spelled with 少",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"glosses": [
"to be more ominous than propitious; fraught with grim possibilities"
],
"links": [
[
"more",
"more"
],
[
"ominous",
"ominous"
],
[
"propitious",
"propitious"
],
[
"fraught",
"fraught"
],
[
"grim",
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[
"possibilities",
"possibilities"
]
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiōngduōjíshǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hung¹ do¹ gat¹ siu²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Changting Pinyin"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Changting"
],
"zh_pron": "shong¹ do¹ ji² shao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiōngduōjíshǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syongduojíshǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsiung¹-to¹-chi²-shao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syūng-dwō-jí-shǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shiongduojyishao"
},
{
"roman": "sjundoczišao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюндоцзишао"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hung¹ do¹ gat¹ siu²"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hūng dō gāt síu"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hung¹ do¹ gat⁷ siu²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "hung¹ do¹ ged¹ xiu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/hʊŋ⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Changting Pinyin"
],
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Changting"
],
"zh_pron": "shong¹ do¹ ji² shao³"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃoŋ³³ to³³ t͡ɕi²⁴ ʃɔ⁴²/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Changting",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "凶多吉少"
}
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