"天長地久" meaning in Chinese

See 天長地久 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ kiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /tʰiɛn³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹⁻²² kiu⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵ ti¹¹ ku⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ kiu⁵³/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/, /tʰiɛn³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹⁻²² kiu⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/, /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵ ti¹¹ ku⁵²/ Chinese transliterations: tiānchángdìjiǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tin¹ coeng⁴ dei⁶ gau² [Cantonese, Jyutping], thian-tiông-tē-kiú [Hokkien, POJ], thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú [Hokkien, POJ], tiang¹ ciang⁵ di⁷ gu² [Peng'im, Teochew], tiānchángdìjiǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], tianchángdìjiǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻien¹-chʻang²-ti⁴-chiu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tyān-cháng-dì-jyǒu [Mandarin, Yale], tiancharngdihjeou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], тяньчандицзю [Mandarin, Palladius], tjanʹčandiczju [Mandarin, Palladius], tīn chèuhng deih gáu [Cantonese, Yale], tin¹ tsoeng⁴ dei⁶ gau² [Cantonese, Pinyin], tin¹ cêng⁴ déi⁶ geo² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], thian-tiông-tē-kiú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], tiendiongdexkiuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], tiend'ngdexkiuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], thiang tshiâng tī kú [POJ, Teochew], then drjang dijH kjuwX [Middle-Chinese] Forms: 天长地久, 靝⿰萬丈埊⿰多年
Etymology: From Tao Te Ching Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 天長地久
  1. enduring as the universe; everlasting and unchanging Wikipedia link: Tao Te Ching Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: 天長節 (tiānchángjié), 天长节 (tiānchángjié)

Alternative forms

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      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹-chʻang²-ti⁴-chiu³"
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "tiancharngdihjeou"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "tjanʹčandiczju"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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      "zh-pron": "tīn chèuhng deih gáu"
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    {
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "tin¹ tsoeng⁴ dei⁶ gau²"
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      "zh-pron": "tin¹ cêng⁴ déi⁶ geo²"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh-pron": "thian-tiông-tē-kiú"
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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      "zh-pron": "tiendiongdexkiuo"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ kiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
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        "Xiamen"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹⁻²² kiu⁵⁵⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/",
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        "Taipei"
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        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh-pron": "thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú"
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
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      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
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      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
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      "zh-pron": "thiang tshiâng tī kú"
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      "ipa": "/tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵ ti¹¹ ku⁵²/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
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        "Middle-Chinese"
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      "zh-pron": "then drjang dijH kjuwX"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ kiu⁵³/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹⁻²² kiu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
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            "3": "천장지구",
            "4": "thiên trường địa cửu",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "天長地久",
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            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
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            "k3": "",
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            "k4": "",
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            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
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            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "天%長地%久",
            "v": "天長地久",
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            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
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          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (天長地久):\n* → Japanese: 天(てん)長地(ちょうち)久(きゅう) (tenchō chikyū)\n* → Korean: 천장지구(天長地久) (cheonjangjigu)\n* → Vietnamese: thiên trường địa cửu (天長地久)",
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        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "てん%ちょう ち%きゅう",
            "3": "천장지구",
            "4": "thiên trường địa cửu",
            "s": "天%長地%久"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (天長地久):\n* → Japanese: 天(てん)長地(ちょうち)久(きゅう) (tenchō chikyū)\n* → Korean: 천장지구(天長地久) (cheonjangjigu)\n* → Vietnamese: thiên trường địa cửu (天長地久)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (天長地久):\n* → Japanese: 天(てん)長地(ちょうち)久(きゅう) (tenchō chikyū)\n* → Korean: 천장지구(天長地久) (cheonjangjigu)\n* → Vietnamese: thiên trường địa cửu (天長地久)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves. This is how they are able to continue and endure.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Tao Te Ching, 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Tiānchángdìjiǔ. Tiāndì suǒyǐ néng cháng qiě jiǔ zhě, yǐ qí bù zìshēng, gù néng chángshēng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "天長地久。天地所以能長且久者,以其不自生,故能長生。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves. This is how they are able to continue and endure.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Tao Te Ching, 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Tiānchángdìjiǔ. Tiāndì suǒyǐ néng cháng qiě jiǔ zhě, yǐ qí bù zìshēng, gù néng chángshēng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "天长地久。天地所以能长且久者,以其不自生,故能长生。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Tao Te Ching",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "天长地久",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "靝⿰萬丈埊⿰多年"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "天長地久",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Advanced Mandarin",
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 久",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 地",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 天",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 長",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Middle Chinese chengyu",
        "Middle Chinese idioms",
        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew chengyu",
        "Teochew idioms",
        "Teochew lemmas"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "As long as the universe lasts, and until time stops for good, the regret of our parting will continue without end.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 806: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 長恨歌 (\"Song of Everlasting Regret\")",
          "roman": "Tiānchángdìjiǔ yǒu shí jìn, cǐ hèn miánmián wú jué qī.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "天長地久有時盡,此恨綿綿無絕期。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "As long as the universe lasts, and until time stops for good, the regret of our parting will continue without end.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 806: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 長恨歌 (\"Song of Everlasting Regret\")",
          "roman": "Tiānchángdìjiǔ yǒu shí jìn, cǐ hèn miánmián wú jué qī.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "天长地久有时尽,此恨绵绵无绝期。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "enduring as the universe; everlasting and unchanging"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Tao Te Ching"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiānchángdìjiǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ coeng⁴ dei⁶ gau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-tiông-tē-kiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiang¹ ciang⁵ di⁷ gu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiānchángdìjiǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tianchángdìjiǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹-chʻang²-ti⁴-chiu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tyān-cháng-dì-jyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiancharngdihjeou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тяньчандицзю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tjanʹčandiczju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tīn chèuhng deih gáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ tsoeng⁴ dei⁶ gau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ cêng⁴ déi⁶ geo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-tiông-tē-kiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiendiongdexkiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ kiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹⁻²² kiu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiend'ngdexkiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thiang tshiâng tī kú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵ ti¹¹ ku⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "then drjang dijH kjuwX"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ kiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹⁻²² kiu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵ ti¹¹ ku⁵²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "天長地久"
}

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