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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "spare the person under the knife",
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"name": "Capital punishment",
"orig": "zh:Capital punishment",
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"used as an exclamation requesting that the decapitation of a prisoner be stayed or suspended: Spare him / her!"
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"id": "en-刀下留人-zh-phrase-WFhPROTv",
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"prisoner",
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],
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"Spare",
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"him",
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"her",
"her"
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{
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],
"zh_pron": "dāoxiàliúrén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄠ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "dou¹ haa⁶ lau⁴ jan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dāoxiàliúrén"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄠ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daosiàlióurén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tao¹-hsia⁴-liu²-jên²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dāu-syà-lyóu-rén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "daushiahliouren"
},
{
"roman": "daosjaljužɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "даосялюжэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
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],
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"Cantonese",
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"zh_pron": "dou¹ haa⁶ lau⁴ jan⁴"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
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],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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],
"zh_pron": "dōu hah làuh yàhn"
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"zh_pron": "dou¹ haa⁶ lau⁴ jan⁴"
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],
"zh_pron": "dou¹ ha⁶ leo⁴ yen⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/tou̯⁵⁵ haː²² lɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/",
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"word": "刀下留人"
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"literal_meaning": "spare the person under the knife",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 下",
"Chinese terms spelled with 人",
"Chinese terms spelled with 刀",
"Chinese terms spelled with 留",
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"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
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],
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"exclamation",
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"request",
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"decapitation#English"
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"prisoner",
"prisoner#English"
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"stay",
"stay#English"
],
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"suspend",
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"Spare",
"spare"
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"him",
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"zh_pron": "dāoxiàliúrén"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄠ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "dou¹ haa⁶ lau⁴ jan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dāoxiàliúrén"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄠ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daosiàlióurén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tao¹-hsia⁴-liu²-jên²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dāu-syà-lyóu-rén"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "daushiahliouren"
},
{
"roman": "daosjaljužɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "даосялюжэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "dou¹ haa⁶ lau⁴ jan⁴"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dōu hah làuh yàhn"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dou¹ haa⁶ lau⁴ jan⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dou¹ ha⁶ leo⁴ yen⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/tou̯⁵⁵ haː²² lɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "刀下留人"
}
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