See 大海撈針 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "dredge up a needle from the vast ocean",
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"word": "水底撈針"
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"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
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"Beijing"
],
"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
{
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"Taiwan"
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"word": "大海撈針"
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"word": "海底撈針"
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"word": "海底撈針"
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"word": "大海撈針"
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},
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"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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"Taichung"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Fuzhou"
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"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
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"Tainan"
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"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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],
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},
{
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"word": "Beijing"
},
{
"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
{
"word": "Taiwan"
},
{
"word": "Singapore"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
"alt": "N. Sixian",
"word": "Miaoli"
},
{
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
"word": "Pingtung"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hailu",
"Zhudong"
],
"word": "Hsinchu County"
},
{
"tags": [
"Dabu",
"Dongshi"
],
"word": "Taichung"
},
{
"tags": [
"Qionglin",
"Raoping"
],
"word": "Hsinchu County"
},
{
"tags": [
"Lunbei",
"Zhao'an"
],
"word": "Yunlin"
},
{
"word": "Fuzhou"
},
{
"word": "Xiamen"
},
{
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"word": "Tainan"
}
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "tōa-hái-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dàhǎilaojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ta⁴-hai³-lao¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dà-hǎi-lāu-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "dahhaelhaujen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "дахайлаочжэнь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "daxajlaočžɛnʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "daaih hói làauh jām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "dai⁶ hoi² lao⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "tōa-hái-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tuā-hái-lô-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "doaxhayloiciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/"
}
],
"word": "大海撈針"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "dredge up a needle from the vast ocean",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 大",
"Chinese terms spelled with 撈",
"Chinese terms spelled with 海",
"Chinese terms spelled with 針",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
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"glosses": [
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"needle in a haystack"
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"sounds": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "tōa-hái-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dàhǎilaojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ta⁴-hai³-lao¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dà-hǎi-lāu-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "dahhaelhaujen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "дахайлаочжэнь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "daxajlaočžɛnʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "daaih hói làauh jām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "dai⁶ hoi² lao⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "tōa-hái-lô-chiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tuā-hái-lô-tsiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "doaxhayloiciafm"
},
{
"ipa": "/tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tua²²⁻²¹ hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Beijing"
],
"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
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},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "大海撈針"
},
{
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"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
"Northern"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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"Hakka",
"Sixian",
"Pingtung"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hsinchu-County"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Taichung"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
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"Hakka",
"Hsinchu-County"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
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"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Yunlin"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Fuzhou"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Tainan"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Tainan"
],
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"word": "Beijing"
},
{
"word": "大海裡撈針"
},
{
"word": "Taiwan"
},
{
"word": "Singapore"
},
{
"word": "Hong Kong"
},
{
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},
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},
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},
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"Hailu",
"Zhudong"
],
"word": "Hsinchu County"
},
{
"tags": [
"Dabu",
"Dongshi"
],
"word": "Taichung"
},
{
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"Qionglin",
"Raoping"
],
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"Lunbei",
"Zhao'an"
],
"word": "Yunlin"
},
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"word": "Fuzhou"
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{
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},
{
"word": "大海摸針"
},
{
"word": "Tainan"
}
],
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}
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