尾大不掉 in Chinese

IPA: /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mei̯¹³ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /bue⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tiau¹¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/, /mei̯¹³ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²²/, /bue⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tiau¹¹/ Chinese transliterations: wěidàbùdiào [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mei⁵ daai⁶ bat¹ diu⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bhuê² dai⁶ bug⁴ diao⁷, wěidàbùdiào [Phonetic:wěidàbúdiào] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wěidàbùdiào [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei³-ta⁴-pu⁴-tiao⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wěi-dà-bù-dyàu [Mandarin, Yale], woeidahbudiaw [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэйдабудяо [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛjdabudjao [Mandarin, Palladius], méih daaih bāt diuh [Cantonese, Yale], mei⁵ daai⁶ bat⁷ diu⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], méi⁵ dai⁶ bed¹ diu⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], bhuê² dai⁶ bug⁴ diao⁷ [Peng'im, Teochew], bué tăi puk tiāu [POJ, Teochew] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Zuo Zhuan: : 末大必折，尾大不掉，君所知也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.] From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE Mòdàbìzhé, wěidàbùdiào, jūn suǒ zhī yě. [Pinyin] (please add an English translation of this usage example) Etymology templates: {{zh-x|末大必折，尾大不掉，君所知也。||collapsed=y|ref=Zuozhuan}} 末大必折，尾大不掉，君所知也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.] From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE Mòdàbìzhé, wěidàbùdiào, jūn suǒ zhī yě. [Pinyin] (please add an English translation of this usage example) Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 尾大不掉

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      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ daai⁶ bat¹ diu⁶"
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      "zh-pron": "вэйдабудяо"
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      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
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      "zh-pron": "méih daaih bāt diuh"
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      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ daai⁶ bat⁷ diu⁶"
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      "zh-pron": "méi⁵ dai⁶ bed¹ diu⁶"
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      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²²/",
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      "zh-pron": "bhuê² dai⁶ bug⁴ diao⁷"
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      "zh-pron": "bué tăi puk tiāu"
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      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
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      "ipa": "/bue⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tiau¹¹/"
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      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ daai⁶ bat¹ diu⁶"
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      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "méih daaih bāt diuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ daai⁶ bat⁷ diu⁶"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵ dai⁶ bed¹ diu⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²²/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "zh-pron": "bhuê² dai⁶ bug⁴ diao⁷"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bué tăi puk tiāu"
    },
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      "ipa": "/bue⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tiau¹¹/",
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      "other": "[Phonetic: wěidàbúdiào]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bue⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tiau¹¹/"
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  "word": "尾大不掉"
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"尾大不掉" meaning in Chinese

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