See 夸父逐日 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "liànglì'érwéi",
"word": "量力而為"
},
{
"roman": "liànglì'érwéi",
"word": "量力而为"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See Kua Fu on Wikipedia for the background story.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "夸父追日"
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "夸父逐日",
"name": "head"
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "Kua Fu chases the sun",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "57 43",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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{
"_dis": "76 24",
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},
{
"_dis": "66 34",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"to not know one's limitations; to overestimate one's abilities"
],
"id": "en-夸父逐日-zh-phrase-J4q7x~nU",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"know",
"know"
],
[
"limitation",
"limitation"
],
[
"overestimate",
"overestimate"
],
[
"abilities",
"abilities"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative, derogatory) to not know one's limitations; to overestimate one's abilities"
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to be willing to overcome all obstacles to reach one's goal."
],
"id": "en-夸父逐日-zh-phrase-v0ljfj4A",
"links": [
[
"overcome",
"overcome"
],
[
"obstacle",
"obstacle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to be willing to overcome all obstacles to reach one's goal."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuāfùzhúrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuāfǔzhúrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨㄚ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨㄚ ㄈㄨˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "kwaa¹ fu⁶ zuk⁶ jat⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuāfùzhúrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨㄚ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuafùjhúrìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kʻua¹-fu⁴-chu²-jih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "kwā-fù-jú-r̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "kuafuhjwuryh"
},
{
"roman": "kuafučžuži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "куафучжужи"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuāfǔzhúrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨㄚ ㄈㄨˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuafǔjhúrìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kʻua¹-fu³-chu²-jih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "kwā-fǔ-jú-r̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "kuafuujwuryh"
},
{
"roman": "kuafučžuži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "куафучжужи"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "kwaa¹ fu⁶ zuk⁶ jat⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "kwā fuh juhk yaht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kwaa¹ fu⁶ dzuk⁹ jat⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "kua¹ fu⁶ zug⁶ yed⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʷʰaː⁵⁵ fuː²² t͡sʊk̚² jɐt̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "zìbùliànglì",
"word": "自不量力"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "tángbìdāngchē",
"word": "螳臂當車／螳臂当车"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "tángbìdāngchē",
"word": "螳臂當車"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "tángbìdāngchē",
"word": "螳臂当车"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kua Fu"
],
"word": "夸父逐日"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "liànglì'érwéi",
"word": "量力而為"
},
{
"roman": "liànglì'érwéi",
"word": "量力而为"
}
],
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"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 夸",
"Chinese terms spelled with 日",
"Chinese terms spelled with 父",
"Chinese terms spelled with 逐",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "See Kua Fu on Wikipedia for the background story.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "夸父追日"
}
],
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"literal_meaning": "Kua Fu chases the sun",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
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"Chinese derogatory terms"
],
"glosses": [
"to not know one's limitations; to overestimate one's abilities"
],
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[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"know",
"know"
],
[
"limitation",
"limitation"
],
[
"overestimate",
"overestimate"
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[
"abilities",
"abilities"
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"(figurative, derogatory) to not know one's limitations; to overestimate one's abilities"
],
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"derogatory",
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to be willing to overcome all obstacles to reach one's goal."
],
"links": [
[
"overcome",
"overcome"
],
[
"obstacle",
"obstacle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to be willing to overcome all obstacles to reach one's goal."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuāfùzhúrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuāfǔzhúrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨㄚ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨㄚ ㄈㄨˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "kwaa¹ fu⁶ zuk⁶ jat⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuāfùzhúrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨㄚ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuafùjhúrìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kʻua¹-fu⁴-chu²-jih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "kwā-fù-jú-r̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "kuafuhjwuryh"
},
{
"roman": "kuafučžuži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "куафучжужи"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuāfǔzhúrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄎㄨㄚ ㄈㄨˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kuafǔjhúrìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kʻua¹-fu³-chu²-jih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "kwā-fǔ-jú-r̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "kuafuujwuryh"
},
{
"roman": "kuafučžuži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "куафучжужи"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "kwaa¹ fu⁶ zuk⁶ jat⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "kwā fuh juhk yaht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kwaa¹ fu⁶ dzuk⁹ jat⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "kua¹ fu⁶ zug⁶ yed⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʷʰaː⁵⁵ fuː²² t͡sʊk̚² jɐt̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "zìbùliànglì",
"word": "自不量力"
},
{
"roman": "tángbìdāngchē",
"word": "螳臂當車／螳臂当车"
},
{
"roman": "tángbìdāngchē",
"word": "螳臂當車"
},
{
"roman": "tángbìdāngchē",
"word": "螳臂当车"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kua Fu"
],
"word": "夸父逐日"
}
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