See 寧缺勿濫 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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{
"form": "宁缺勿滥",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "寧缺勿濫",
"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": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"would rather go without than have some something less than satisfactory; it is better to leave a deficiency uncovered than have it covered without discretion"
],
"id": "en-寧缺勿濫-zh-phrase-lr7dETIF",
"links": [
[
"satisfactory",
"satisfactory"
],
[
"deficiency",
"deficiency"
],
[
"discretion",
"discretion"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "nìngquēwúlàn",
"word": "寧缺毋濫"
},
{
"roman": "nìngquēwúlàn",
"word": "宁缺毋滥"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nìngquēwùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "níngquēwùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ning⁴ kyut³ mat⁶ laam⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nìngquēwùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nìngcyuewùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ning⁴-chʻüeh¹-wu⁴-lan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "nìng-chywē-wù-làn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ninqchiuewuhlann"
},
{
"roman": "nincjueulanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "нинцюэулань"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "níngquēwùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "níngcyuewùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ning²-chʻüeh¹-wu⁴-lan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "níng-chywē-wù-làn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ningchiuewuhlann"
},
{
"roman": "nincjueulanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "нинцюэулань"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ning⁴ kyut³ mat⁶ laam⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "nìhng kyut maht laahm"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ning⁴ kyt⁸ mat⁹ laam⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ning⁴ küd³ med⁶ lam⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪŋ²¹ kʰyːt̚³ mɐt̚² laːm²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "寧缺勿濫"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "宁缺勿滥",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "寧缺勿濫",
"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 勿",
"Chinese terms spelled with 寧",
"Chinese terms spelled with 濫",
"Chinese terms spelled with 缺",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"would rather go without than have some something less than satisfactory; it is better to leave a deficiency uncovered than have it covered without discretion"
],
"links": [
[
"satisfactory",
"satisfactory"
],
[
"deficiency",
"deficiency"
],
[
"discretion",
"discretion"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nìngquēwùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "níngquēwùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ning⁴ kyut³ mat⁶ laam⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nìngquēwùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nìngcyuewùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ning⁴-chʻüeh¹-wu⁴-lan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "nìng-chywē-wù-làn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ninqchiuewuhlann"
},
{
"roman": "nincjueulanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "нинцюэулань"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "níngquēwùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "níngcyuewùlàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ning²-chʻüeh¹-wu⁴-lan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "níng-chywē-wù-làn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ningchiuewuhlann"
},
{
"roman": "nincjueulanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "нинцюэулань"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ning⁴ kyut³ mat⁶ laam⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "nìhng kyut maht laahm"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ning⁴ kyt⁸ mat⁹ laam⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ning⁴ küd³ med⁶ lam⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪŋ²¹ kʰyːt̚³ mɐt̚² laːm²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "nìngquēwúlàn",
"word": "寧缺毋濫"
},
{
"roman": "nìngquēwúlàn",
"word": "宁缺毋滥"
}
],
"word": "寧缺勿濫"
}
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