See 前不著村，後不著店 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "前不着村，後不着店",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "前不着村，后不着店",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "前不著村，後不著店",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be in the middle of nowhere"
],
"id": "en-前不著村，後不著店-zh-phrase-TAH~cRnJ",
"links": [
[
"middle of nowhere",
"middle of nowhere"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qián bù zháo cūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hòu bù zháo diàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄘㄨㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cin⁴ bat¹ zoek⁶ cyun¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hau⁶ bat¹ zoek⁶ dim³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qián bù zháo cūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hòu bù zháo diàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄘㄨㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "cián bù jháo cun"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hòu bù jháo diàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻien² pu⁴ chao² tsʻun¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hou⁴ pu⁴ chao² tien⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyán bù jáu tswūn-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hòu bù jáu dyàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chyan bu jaur tsuen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "how bu jaur diann"
},
{
"roman": "cjanʹ bu čžao cunʹ, xou bu čžao djanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цянь бу чжао цунь"
},
{
"roman": "cjanʹ bu čžao cunʹ, xou bu čžao djanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "хоу бу чжао дянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiánbùzháocūnr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hòubùzháodiànr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄘㄨㄣㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ciánbùjháocunr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hòubùjháodiànr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻien²-pu⁴-chao²-tsʻun¹-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "-hou⁴-pu⁴-chao²-tien⁴-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyán-bù-jáu-tswūnr-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "-hòu-bù-jáu-dyànr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chyanbujaurtsuel"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "howbujaurdiall"
},
{
"roman": "cjanʹbučžaocunʹr,xoubučžaodjanʹr",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цяньбучжаоцуньр"
},
{
"roman": "cjanʹbučžaocunʹr,xoubučžaodjanʹr",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "хоубучжаодяньр"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰu̯əɻ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ ti̯ɑɻ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cin⁴ bat¹ zoek⁶ cyun¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hau⁶ bat¹ zoek⁶ dim³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chìhn bāt jeuhk chyūn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hauh bāt jeuhk dim"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsin⁴ bat⁷ dzoek⁹ tsyn¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hau⁶ bat⁷ dzoek⁹ dim³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "qin⁴ bed¹ zêg⁶ qun¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "heo⁶ bed¹ zêg⁶ dim³"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːk̚² t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːk̚² tiːm³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "前不著村，後不著店"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "前不着村，後不着店",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "前不着村，后不着店",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "前不著村，後不著店",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 前",
"Chinese terms spelled with 店",
"Chinese terms spelled with 後",
"Chinese terms spelled with 村",
"Chinese terms spelled with 著",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to be in the middle of nowhere"
],
"links": [
[
"middle of nowhere",
"middle of nowhere"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qián bù zháo cūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hòu bù zháo diàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄘㄨㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cin⁴ bat¹ zoek⁶ cyun¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hau⁶ bat¹ zoek⁶ dim³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qián bù zháo cūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hòu bù zháo diàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄘㄨㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "cián bù jháo cun"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hòu bù jháo diàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻien² pu⁴ chao² tsʻun¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hou⁴ pu⁴ chao² tien⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyán bù jáu tswūn-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hòu bù jáu dyàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chyan bu jaur tsuen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "how bu jaur diann"
},
{
"roman": "cjanʹ bu čžao cunʹ, xou bu čžao djanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цянь бу чжао цунь"
},
{
"roman": "cjanʹ bu čžao cunʹ, xou bu čžao djanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "хоу бу чжао дянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiánbùzháocūnr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hòubùzháodiànr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄘㄨㄣㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ciánbùjháocunr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hòubùjháodiànr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻien²-pu⁴-chao²-tsʻun¹-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "-hou⁴-pu⁴-chao²-tien⁴-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyán-bù-jáu-tswūnr-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "-hòu-bù-jáu-dyànr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chyanbujaurtsuel"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "howbujaurdiall"
},
{
"roman": "cjanʹbučžaocunʹr,xoubučžaodjanʹr",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цяньбучжаоцуньр"
},
{
"roman": "cjanʹbučžaocunʹr,xoubučžaodjanʹr",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "хоубучжаодяньр"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰu̯əɻ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ ti̯ɑɻ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cin⁴ bat¹ zoek⁶ cyun¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "hau⁶ bat¹ zoek⁶ dim³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chìhn bāt jeuhk chyūn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hauh bāt jeuhk dim"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsin⁴ bat⁷ dzoek⁹ tsyn¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hau⁶ bat⁷ dzoek⁹ dim³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "qin⁴ bed¹ zêg⁶ qun¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "heo⁶ bed¹ zêg⁶ dim³"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːk̚² t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːk̚² tiːm³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "前不著村，後不著店"
}
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