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{
"etymology_text": "From the Book of Han.",
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"1": "zh",
"2": "phrase"
},
"expansion": "可遇不可求",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"can only be come across serendipitously; good things may happen, but may not be sought; just have to let it happen, you can't force it"
],
"id": "en-可遇不可求-zh-phrase-vlAVxK4P",
"links": [
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"fortunate",
"fortunate"
],
[
"come across",
"come across"
],
[
"serendipitously",
"serendipitously"
],
[
"happen",
"happen"
],
[
"sought",
"sought"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of something good or fortunate) can only be come across serendipitously; good things may happen, but may not be sought; just have to let it happen, you can't force it"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of something good or fortunate"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Book of Han"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kě yù bùkě qiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄩˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ho² jyu⁶ bat¹ ho² kau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "kě yù bùkě qiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kě yù bùkě cióu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "kʻo³ yü⁴ pu⁴-kʻo³ chʻiu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kě yù bù-kě chyóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "kee yuh bukee chyou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "кэ юй букэ цю"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "kɛ juj bukɛ cju"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hó yuh bāt hó kàuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ho² jy⁶ bat⁷ ho² kau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ho² yu⁶ bed¹ ho² keo⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ jyː²² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ jyː²² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/"
}
],
"word": "可遇不可求"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From the Book of Han.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "phrase"
},
"expansion": "可遇不可求",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese phrases",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese phrases",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin phrases"
],
"glosses": [
"can only be come across serendipitously; good things may happen, but may not be sought; just have to let it happen, you can't force it"
],
"links": [
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"fortunate",
"fortunate"
],
[
"come across",
"come across"
],
[
"serendipitously",
"serendipitously"
],
[
"happen",
"happen"
],
[
"sought",
"sought"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of something good or fortunate) can only be come across serendipitously; good things may happen, but may not be sought; just have to let it happen, you can't force it"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of something good or fortunate"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Book of Han"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kě yù bùkě qiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄎㄜˇ ㄩˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ho² jyu⁶ bat¹ ho² kau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "kě yù bùkě qiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kě yù bùkě cióu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "kʻo³ yü⁴ pu⁴-kʻo³ chʻiu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kě yù bù-kě chyóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "kee yuh bukee chyou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "кэ юй букэ цю"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "kɛ juj bukɛ cju"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hó yuh bāt hó kàuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ho² jy⁶ bat⁷ ho² kau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ho² yu⁶ bed¹ ho² keo⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ jyː²² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔː³⁵ jyː²² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/"
}
],
"word": "可遇不可求"
}
{
"called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
"msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
"path": [
"可遇不可求"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "可遇不可求",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
"msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
"path": [
"可遇不可求"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "可遇不可求",
"trace": ""
}
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