"夜來香" meaning in Chinese

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  "literal_meaning": "fragrance of [the] night",
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          "_dis": "47 26 7 20",
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          "name": "Agavoideae subfamily plants",
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        {
          "ref": "1944, “夜來香 [yèláixiāng, Tuberose]”, 黎錦光 [Li Jinguang] (lyrics), 黎錦光 [Li Jinguang] (music), performed by 李香蘭 [Li Hsiang-lan]",
          "text": "那南風吹來清涼 那夜鶯啼聲輕唱 月下的花兒都入夢 只有那夜來香 吐露著芬芳 [MSC, trad.]\n那南风吹来清凉 那夜莺啼声轻唱 月下的花儿都入梦 只有那夜来香 吐露著芬芳 [MSC, simp.]\nnà nánfēng chuī lái qīngliáng, nà yèyīng tí shēng qīng chàng, yuèxià de huā'ér dōu rùmèng, zhǐyǒu nà yèláixiāng, tǔlù zhe fēnfāng [Pinyin]\nThe south wind is cool and refreshing[, while] the nightingale cries its soft song.\nUnder the moonlight, all the flowers are sleeping; except for this tuberose, showing off its sweet fragrance.\n[Note: 輕唱 /轻唱 (qīng chàng, “[its] soft song”) is sometimes substituted with 悽愴 /凄怆 (qīchuàng, “sadly”).]",
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          "name": "Nightshades",
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      "glosses": [
        "Tonkin jasmine, Telosma cordata"
      ],
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        "night soil"
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      "zh-pron": "yèláixiāng"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤ"
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "⁶ya-le-shian"
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      "zh-pron": "yèláixiāng"
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      "zh-pron": "yè-lái-syāng"
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        "standard"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "yé⁶ loi⁴ hêng¹"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɛː²² lɔːi̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iaxlai'hiofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ia⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia²²⁻²¹ lai¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan"
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        "Wu"
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      "zh-pron": "⁶ya-le-shian"
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      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ya^去 le shian"
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      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hhia-le-xian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦia²² le⁵⁵ ɕiã²¹/",
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        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
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      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɛː²² lɔːi̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ia⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia²²⁻²¹ lai¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "夜香木"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "月來香"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "月来香"
    }
  ],
  "word": "夜來香"
}

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    "zh:Agavoideae subfamily plants",
    "zh:Dogbane family plants",
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          "ref": "1944, “夜來香 [yèláixiāng, Tuberose]”, 黎錦光 [Li Jinguang] (lyrics), 黎錦光 [Li Jinguang] (music), performed by 李香蘭 [Li Hsiang-lan]",
          "text": "那南風吹來清涼 那夜鶯啼聲輕唱 月下的花兒都入夢 只有那夜來香 吐露著芬芳 [MSC, trad.]\n那南风吹来清凉 那夜莺啼声轻唱 月下的花儿都入梦 只有那夜来香 吐露著芬芳 [MSC, simp.]\nnà nánfēng chuī lái qīngliáng, nà yèyīng tí shēng qīng chàng, yuèxià de huā'ér dōu rùmèng, zhǐyǒu nà yèláixiāng, tǔlù zhe fēnfāng [Pinyin]\nThe south wind is cool and refreshing[, while] the nightingale cries its soft song.\nUnder the moonlight, all the flowers are sleeping; except for this tuberose, showing off its sweet fragrance.\n[Note: 輕唱 /轻唱 (qīng chàng, “[its] soft song”) is sometimes substituted with 悽愴 /凄怆 (qīchuàng, “sadly”).]",
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      "zh-pron": "yèláixiāng"
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄤ"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "je⁶ loi⁴ hoeng¹"
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    {
      "zh-pron": "iā-lâi-hiong"
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    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ya-le-shian"
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      "zh-pron": "yèláixiāng"
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      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴-lai²-hsiang¹"
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      "zh-pron": "yè-lái-syāng"
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      "zh-pron": "je⁶ loi⁴ hoeng¹"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "yé⁶ loi⁴ hêng¹"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iaxlai'hiofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ia²²⁻²¹ lai¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
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    {
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        "Min-Nan"
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      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ya^去 le shian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hhia-le-xian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦia²² le⁵⁵ ɕiã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛː²² lɔːi̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia²²⁻²¹ lai¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ia³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦia²² le⁵⁵ ɕiã²¹/"
    }
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    },
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    }
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}

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