See 咬文嚼字 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
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"form": "齩文嚼字"
}
],
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},
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to bite on phrases and chew on characters; to pay excessive attention to wording and choice of characters; to nitpick like a grammar Nazi; to talk pedantically"
],
"id": "en-咬文嚼字-zh-phrase-nSAw4MjE",
"links": [
[
"bite",
"bite"
],
[
"phrase",
"phrase"
],
[
"chew",
"chew"
],
[
"character",
"character"
],
[
"wording",
"wording"
],
[
"nitpick",
"nitpick"
],
[
"grammar Nazi",
"grammar Nazi"
],
[
"pedantically",
"pedantically"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǎowénjiáozì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄗˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ngaau⁵ man⁴ zoek³ zi⁶"
},
{
"zh-pron": "ga⁶ bhung⁵ ziag⁴ ri⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǎowénjiáozì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄗˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǎowúnjiáozìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yao³-wên²-chiao²-tzŭ⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǎu-wén-jyáu-dz̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yeauwenjyautzyh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "яовэньцзяоцзы"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jaovɛnʹczjaoczy"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "ngáauh màhn jeuk jih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ngaau⁵ man⁴ dzoek⁸ dzi⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ngao⁵ men⁴ zêg³ ji⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːu̯¹³ mɐn²¹ t͡sœːk̚³ t͡siː²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "ga⁶ bhung⁵ ziag⁴ ri⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "kă bûng tsiak jī"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka³⁵⁻¹¹ buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siak̚²⁻⁴ d͡zi¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːu̯¹³ mɐn²¹ t͡sœːk̚³ t͡siː²²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka³⁵⁻¹¹ buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siak̚²⁻⁴ d͡zi¹¹/"
}
],
"word": "咬文嚼字"
}
{
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{
"form": "齩文嚼字"
}
],
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"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
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"expansion": "咬文嚼字",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 咬",
"Chinese terms spelled with 嚼",
"Chinese terms spelled with 字",
"Chinese terms spelled with 文",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Teochew idioms",
"Teochew lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"to bite on phrases and chew on characters; to pay excessive attention to wording and choice of characters; to nitpick like a grammar Nazi; to talk pedantically"
],
"links": [
[
"bite",
"bite"
],
[
"phrase",
"phrase"
],
[
"chew",
"chew"
],
[
"character",
"character"
],
[
"wording",
"wording"
],
[
"nitpick",
"nitpick"
],
[
"grammar Nazi",
"grammar Nazi"
],
[
"pedantically",
"pedantically"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǎowénjiáozì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄗˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ngaau⁵ man⁴ zoek³ zi⁶"
},
{
"zh-pron": "ga⁶ bhung⁵ ziag⁴ ri⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǎowénjiáozì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄗˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǎowúnjiáozìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yao³-wên²-chiao²-tzŭ⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǎu-wén-jyáu-dz̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yeauwenjyautzyh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "яовэньцзяоцзы"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jaovɛnʹczjaoczy"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "ngáauh màhn jeuk jih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ngaau⁵ man⁴ dzoek⁸ dzi⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ngao⁵ men⁴ zêg³ ji⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːu̯¹³ mɐn²¹ t͡sœːk̚³ t͡siː²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "ga⁶ bhung⁵ ziag⁴ ri⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "kă bûng tsiak jī"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka³⁵⁻¹¹ buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siak̚²⁻⁴ d͡zi¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋaːu̯¹³ mɐn²¹ t͡sœːk̚³ t͡siː²²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka³⁵⁻¹¹ buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siak̚²⁻⁴ d͡zi¹¹/"
}
],
"word": "咬文嚼字"
}
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