"大興土木" meaning in Chinese

See 大興土木 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /tä⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /taːi̯²² hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵ mʊk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tai²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /tai⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ³³ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /tai²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /tai³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /tai³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 大兴土木 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 大興土木
  1. to carry out a large-scale construction project (usually to build houses) Tags: idiomatic
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大兴土木",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "大興土木",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hokkien chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Construction",
          "orig": "zh:Construction",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to carry out a large-scale construction project (usually to build houses)"
      ],
      "id": "en-大興土木-zh-phrase-neBfQN63",
      "links": [
        [
          "carry out",
          "carry out"
        ],
        [
          "large-scale",
          "large-scale"
        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "build",
          "build"
        ],
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàxīngtǔmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tāi-heng-thó͘-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàxīngtǔmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàsingtǔmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta⁴-hsing¹-tʻu³-mu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dà-syīng-tǔ-mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dahshingtuumuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dasintumu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дасинтуму"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daaih hīng tóu muhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dai⁶ hing¹ tou² mug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵ mʊk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tāi-heng-thó͘-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tāi-hing-thóo-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daixhengtofbok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ³³ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "大興土木"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大兴土木",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "大興土木",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 土",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 大",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 木",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 興",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:Construction"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to carry out a large-scale construction project (usually to build houses)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carry out",
          "carry out"
        ],
        [
          "large-scale",
          "large-scale"
        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "build",
          "build"
        ],
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàxīngtǔmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tāi-heng-thó͘-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàxīngtǔmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàsingtǔmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta⁴-hsing¹-tʻu³-mu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dà-syīng-tǔ-mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dahshingtuumuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dasintumu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дасинтуму"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daaih hīng tóu muhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ hing¹ tou² muk⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dai⁶ hing¹ tou² mug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵ mʊk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tāi-heng-thó͘-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tāi-hing-thóo-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daixhengtofbok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ³³ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "大興土木"
}

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