See 唯命是聽 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "At such council meetings the magistrate is influenced by the views of the public organizations and invariably does their bidding.",
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"ref": " 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
"roman": "Zài zhèyàng de huìyì lǐ, gè mínzhòng tuántǐ de yìjiàn yǐngxiǎng xiànzhǎng, xiànzhǎng zǒngshì wéimìngshìtīng.",
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"roman": "Zài zhèyàng de huìyì lǐ, gè mínzhòng tuántǐ de yìjiàn yǐngxiǎng xiànzhǎng, xiànzhǎng zǒngshì wéimìngshìtīng.",
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"Synonym of 唯命是從 /唯命是从 (wéimìngshìcóng, “to follow orders as if one's life depended on it; to do what one is told without fail”)"
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"zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄥ"
},
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"zh-pron": "wei²-ming⁴-shih⁴-tʻing¹"
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],
"zh-pron": "вэйминшитин"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "vɛjminšitin"
},
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"ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "ywij mjaengH dzyeX theng"
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"zh-pron": "/*ɢʷij m-riŋ-s [d]eʔ l̥ˤeŋ/"
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"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*ɢʷi mreŋs djeʔ l̥ʰeːŋ/"
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"roman": "Zài zhèyàng de huìyì lǐ, gè mínzhòng tuántǐ de yìjiàn yǐngxiǎng xiànzhǎng, xiànzhǎng zǒngshì wéimìngshìtīng.",
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"roman": "Zài zhèyàng de huìyì lǐ, gè mínzhòng tuántǐ de yìjiàn yǐngxiǎng xiànzhǎng, xiànzhǎng zǒngshì wéimìngshìtīng.",
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"zh-pron": "wéimìngshìtīng"
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"zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄥ"
},
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "wéimìngshìhting"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "wei²-ming⁴-shih⁴-tʻing¹"
},
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "wéi-mìng-shr̀-tīng"
},
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "weiminqshyhting"
},
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"zh-pron": "вэйминшитин"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "vɛjminšitin"
},
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"ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "/*ɢʷij m-riŋ-s [d]eʔ l̥ˤeŋ/"
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"Zhengzhang"
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"zh-pron": "/*ɢʷi mreŋs djeʔ l̥ʰeːŋ/"
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