See 居高臨下 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"zh-pron": "ㄐㄩ ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ"
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"zh-pron": "geoi¹ gou¹ lam⁴ haa⁶"
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"zh-pron": "jūgāolínxià"
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"zh-pron": "ㄐㄩ ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ"
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"zh-pron": "jyugaolínsià"
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"zh-pron": "chü¹-kao¹-lin²-hsia⁴"
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"zh-pron": "jyū-gāu-lín-syà"
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"zh-pron": "jiugaulinshiah"
},
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"standard"
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"zh-pron": "цзюйгаолинься"
},
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"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "czjujgaolinʹsja"
},
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"ipa": "/t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
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},
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],
"zh-pron": "gēui gōu làhm hah"
},
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"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "goey¹ gou¹ lam⁴ haa⁶"
},
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"tags": [
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gêu¹ gou¹ lem⁴ ha⁶"
},
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"ipa": "/kɵy̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ lɐm²¹ haː²²/",
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"POJ"
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"zh-pron": "ku-ko-lîm-hā"
},
{
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"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
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"zh-pron": "ku-ko-lîm-hā"
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"zh-pron": "ku'koilimha"
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},
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"ipa": "/t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɵy̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ lɐm²¹ haː²²/"
},
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"ipa": "/ku⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴⁻²² ha²²/"
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"word": "居高臨下"
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},
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"zh-pron": "geoi¹ gou¹ lam⁴ haa⁶"
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},
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},
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"Wade-Giles",
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},
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"Yale",
"standard"
],
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},
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},
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],
"zh-pron": "цзюйгаолинься"
},
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"Palladius",
"standard"
],
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},
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"ipa": "/t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
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"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
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"zh-pron": "gēui gōu làhm hah"
},
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"Pinyin"
],
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},
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
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},
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"ipa": "/kɵy̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ lɐm²¹ haː²²/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
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"zh-pron": "ku-ko-lîm-hā"
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"zh-pron": "ku-ko-lîm-hā"
},
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"zh-pron": "ku'koilimha"
},
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"ipa": "/ku⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴⁻²² ha²²/",
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"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɵy̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ lɐm²¹ haː²²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ku⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴⁻²² ha²²/"
}
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"word": "居高臨下"
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