See 寧枉勿縱 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "níngzòngwùwǎng",
"word": "寧縱勿枉"
},
{
"roman": "níngzòngwùwǎng",
"word": "宁纵勿枉"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "宁枉勿纵",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "寧枉勿縱",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"it is better to wrong the innocent than to let go of the guilty"
],
"id": "en-寧枉勿縱-zh-phrase-qXm73k06",
"links": [
[
"wrong",
"wrong"
],
[
"innocent",
"innocent"
],
[
"let go",
"let go"
],
[
"guilty",
"guilty"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "jau5 saat3 co3 mou5 fong3 gwo3",
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "有殺錯冇放過"
},
{
"roman": "jau5 saat3 co3 mou5 fong3 gwo3",
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "有杀错冇放过"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "níngwǎngwùzòng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ wong² mat⁶ zung³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "níngwǎngwùzòng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "níngwǎngwùzòng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ning²-wang³-wu⁴-tsung⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "níng-wǎng-wù-dzùng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ningwoangwuhtzonq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "нинванъуцзун"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ninvanʺuczun"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "nìhng wóng maht jung"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ wong² mat⁹ dzung³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ wong² med⁶ zung³"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ³⁵ mɐt̚² t͡sʊŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ³⁵ mɐt̚² t͡sʊŋ³³/"
}
],
"word": "寧枉勿縱"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "níngzòngwùwǎng",
"word": "寧縱勿枉"
},
{
"roman": "níngzòngwùwǎng",
"word": "宁纵勿枉"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "宁枉勿纵",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "寧枉勿縱",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 勿",
"Chinese terms spelled with 寧",
"Chinese terms spelled with 枉",
"Chinese terms spelled with 縱",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"it is better to wrong the innocent than to let go of the guilty"
],
"links": [
[
"wrong",
"wrong"
],
[
"innocent",
"innocent"
],
[
"let go",
"let go"
],
[
"guilty",
"guilty"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "níngwǎngwùzòng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ wong² mat⁶ zung³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "níngwǎngwùzòng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "níngwǎngwùzòng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ning²-wang³-wu⁴-tsung⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "níng-wǎng-wù-dzùng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ningwoangwuhtzonq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "нинванъуцзун"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ninvanʺuczun"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "nìhng wóng maht jung"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ wong² mat⁹ dzung³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ wong² med⁶ zung³"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ³⁵ mɐt̚² t͡sʊŋ³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ³⁵ mɐt̚² t͡sʊŋ³³/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "jau5 saat3 co3 mou5 fong3 gwo3",
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "有殺錯冇放過"
},
{
"roman": "jau5 saat3 co3 mou5 fong3 gwo3",
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "有杀错冇放过"
}
],
"word": "寧枉勿縱"
}
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