See 尋事生非 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "寻事生非",
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}
],
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"glosses": [
"to seek a quarrel; to make trouble"
],
"id": "en-尋事生非-zh-phrase-rVH~nF~Q",
"links": [
[
"seek",
"seek"
],
[
"quarrel",
"quarrel"
],
[
"make",
"make"
],
[
"trouble",
"trouble"
]
],
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}
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{
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],
"zh_pron": "xúnshìshēngfēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cam⁴ si⁶ sang¹ fei¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xúnshìshēngfēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syúnshìhshengfei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsün²-shih⁴-shêng¹-fei¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syún-shr̀-shēng-fēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyunshyhshengfei"
},
{
"roman": "sjunʹšišɛnfɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюньшишэнфэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Hong Kong"
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},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chàhm sih sāng fēi"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
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"zh_pron": "tsam⁴ si⁶ sang¹ fei¹"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cem⁴ xi⁶ seng¹ féi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ siː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/",
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"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"word": "尋事生非"
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"pos": "phrase",
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"to seek a quarrel; to make trouble"
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"seek",
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[
"quarrel",
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[
"make",
"make"
],
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"trouble",
"trouble"
]
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cam⁴ si⁶ sang¹ fei¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xúnshìshēngfēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syúnshìhshengfei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsün²-shih⁴-shêng¹-fei¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syún-shr̀-shēng-fēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyunshyhshengfei"
},
{
"roman": "sjunʹšišɛnfɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюньшишэнфэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cam⁴ si⁶ sang¹ fei¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chàhm sih sāng fēi"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsam⁴ si⁶ sang¹ fei¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cem⁴ xi⁶ seng¹ féi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ siː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "尋事生非"
}
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