See 去蕪存菁 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "去芜存菁",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "去蕪存菁",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
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},
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{
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{
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},
{
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"glosses": [
"to separate the wheat from the chaff"
],
"id": "en-去蕪存菁-zh-phrase-i2w7Q2Ao",
"links": [
[
"separate the wheat from the chaff",
"separate the wheat from the chaff"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qùwúcúnjīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄩˋ ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "heoi³ mou⁴ cyun⁴ zing¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qùwúcúnjīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄩˋ ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "cyùwúcúnjing"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻü⁴-wu²-tsʻun²-ching¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyù-wú-tswún-jīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chiuhwutswenjing"
},
{
"roman": "cjujucunʹczin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цюйуцуньцзин"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "heoi³ mou⁴ cyun⁴ zing¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "heui mòuh chyùhn jīng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hoey³ mou⁴ tsyn⁴ dzing¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "hêu³ mou⁴ qun⁴ jing¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɵy̯³³ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "去蕪存菁"
}
{
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{
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"tags": [
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]
}
],
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"1": "zh",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 去",
"Chinese terms spelled with 存",
"Chinese terms spelled with 菁",
"Chinese terms spelled with 蕪",
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"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
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"to separate the wheat from the chaff"
],
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"separate the wheat from the chaff",
"separate the wheat from the chaff"
]
],
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"idiomatic"
]
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qùwúcúnjīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄩˋ ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "heoi³ mou⁴ cyun⁴ zing¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qùwúcúnjīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄩˋ ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "cyùwúcúnjing"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻü⁴-wu²-tsʻun²-ching¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyù-wú-tswún-jīng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chiuhwutswenjing"
},
{
"roman": "cjujucunʹczin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цюйуцуньцзин"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "heoi³ mou⁴ cyun⁴ zing¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "heui mòuh chyùhn jīng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hoey³ mou⁴ tsyn⁴ dzing¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "hêu³ mou⁴ qun⁴ jing¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɵy̯³³ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "去蕪存菁"
}
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