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"1": "吾 聞 言 於 ^接-輿，大.而.無.當{dàng}，往 而 不 反。",
"2": "I heard Jie Yu talking words which were great, but had nothing corresponding to them in reality; once gone, they could not be brought back.",
"collapsed": "yes",
"ref": "Zhuangzi-L"
},
"expansion": "吾聞言於接輿，大而無當，往而不反。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]吾闻言于接舆，大而无当，往而不反。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nWú wén yán yú Jiēyú, dà ér wú dàng, wǎng ér bù fǎn. [Pinyin]\nI heard Jie Yu talking words which were great, but had nothing corresponding to them in reality; once gone, they could not be brought back.",
"name": "zh-x"
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"etymology_text": "吾聞言於接輿，大而無當，往而不反。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]吾闻言于接舆，大而无当，往而不反。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nWú wén yán yú Jiēyú, dà ér wú dàng, wǎng ér bù fǎn. [Pinyin]\nI heard Jie Yu talking words which were great, but had nothing corresponding to them in reality; once gone, they could not be brought back.",
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"english": "a grandiose but impractical plan",
"ref": "大而無當的計劃 [MSC, trad.]",
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"zh-pron": "dà'érwúdàng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄨˊ ㄉㄤˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "daai⁶ ji⁴ mou⁴ dong³"
},
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"zh-pron": "dà'érwúdàng"
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"zh-pron": "dà-érwúdàng"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ta⁴-êrh²-wu²-tang⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dà-ér-wú-dàng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "daherlwudanq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "даэрудан"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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],
"zh-pron": "daerudan"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ u³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/",
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"zh-pron": "daaih yìh mòuh dong"
},
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"zh-pron": "daai⁶ ji⁴ mou⁴ dong³"
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"zh-pron": "dai⁶ yi⁴ mou⁴ dong³"
},
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"ipa": "/taːi̯²² jiː²¹ mou̯²¹ tɔːŋ³³/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ u³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² jiː²¹ mou̯²¹ tɔːŋ³³/"
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"word": "大而無當"
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"collapsed": "yes",
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"expansion": "吾聞言於接輿，大而無當，往而不反。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]吾闻言于接舆，大而无当，往而不反。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nWú wén yán yú Jiēyú, dà ér wú dàng, wǎng ér bù fǎn. [Pinyin]\nI heard Jie Yu talking words which were great, but had nothing corresponding to them in reality; once gone, they could not be brought back.",
"name": "zh-x"
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"etymology_text": "吾聞言於接輿，大而無當，往而不反。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]吾闻言于接舆，大而无当，往而不反。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nWú wén yán yú Jiēyú, dà ér wú dàng, wǎng ér bù fǎn. [Pinyin]\nI heard Jie Yu talking words which were great, but had nothing corresponding to them in reality; once gone, they could not be brought back.",
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"ref": "大而無當的計劃 [MSC, trad.]",
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"large but impractical; unwieldy"
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[
"impractical",
"impractical"
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"unwieldy"
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"zh-pron": "dà'érwúdàng"
},
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"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄨˊ ㄉㄤˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "daai⁶ ji⁴ mou⁴ dong³"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "dà'érwúdàng"
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"zh-pron": "dà-érwúdàng"
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"zh-pron": "ta⁴-êrh²-wu²-tang⁴"
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"zh-pron": "dà-ér-wú-dàng"
},
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"zh-pron": "daherlwudanq"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "даэрудан"
},
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"zh-pron": "daerudan"
},
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"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ u³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/",
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"zh-pron": "daaih yìh mòuh dong"
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{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "daai⁶ ji⁴ mou⁴ dong³"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "dai⁶ yi⁴ mou⁴ dong³"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² jiː²¹ mou̯²¹ tɔːŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ u³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² jiː²¹ mou̯²¹ tɔːŋ³³/"
}
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"word": "大而無當"
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