See 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"forms": [
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"form": "平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚",
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"literal_meaning": "to not burn incense regularly, but only clasp the Buddha's feet when something happens",
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[
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"word": "臨時抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "急來抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "急時抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "急則抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
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"word": "抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
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"word": "臨時抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Taiwan"
],
"word": "抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "臨時抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou"
],
"word": "閒時唔燒香，急時抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou"
],
"word": "平時唔燒香，臨急抱佛腳"
},
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"raw_tags": [
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese"
],
"word": "臨急抱佛腳"
},
{
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"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "平時唔燒香，臨急抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Kaiping",
"Chikan"
],
"word": "臨嫁錐耳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Bei",
"Jian'ou"
],
"word": "抱佛跤"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "抱佛跤"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Shanghai"
],
"word": "臨時抱佛腳"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "píngshí bù shāoxiāng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "línshí bào fójiǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ping⁴ si⁴ bat¹ siu¹ hoeng¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "píngshí bù shāoxiāng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "línshí bào fójiǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "píngshíh bù shaosiang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "línshíh bào fójiǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pʻing²-shih² pu⁴ shao¹-hsiang¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "lin²-shih² pao⁴ fo²-chiao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "píng-shŕ bù shāu-syāng-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "lín-shŕ bàu fwó-jyǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "pyngshyr bu shaushiang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "linshyr baw forjeau"
},
{
"roman": "pinši bu šaosjan, linʹši bao foczjao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "пинши бу шаосян"
},
{
"roman": "pinši bu šaosjan, linʹši bao foczjao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "линьши бао фоцзяо"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ping⁴ si⁴ bat¹ siu¹ hoeng¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "pìhng sìh bāt sīu hēung"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "làhm sìh póuh faht geuk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ping⁴ si⁴ bat⁷ siu¹ hoeng¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁹ goek⁸"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ping⁴ xi⁴ bed¹ xiu¹ hêng¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "lem⁴ xi⁴ pou⁵ fed⁶ gêg³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰɪŋ²¹ siː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵ lɐm²¹ siː²¹ pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳"
}
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"literal_meaning": "to not burn incense regularly, but only clasp the Buddha's feet when something happens",
"pos": "proverb",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 佛",
"Chinese terms spelled with 平",
"Chinese terms spelled with 抱",
"Chinese terms spelled with 時",
"Chinese terms spelled with 燒",
"Chinese terms spelled with 腳",
"Chinese terms spelled with 臨",
"Chinese terms spelled with 香",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"glosses": [
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[
"at the last minute",
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}
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"sounds": [
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "píngshí bù shāoxiāng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "línshí bào fójiǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ping⁴ si⁴ bat¹ siu¹ hoeng¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "píngshí bù shāoxiāng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "línshí bào fójiǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "píngshíh bù shaosiang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "línshíh bào fójiǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pʻing²-shih² pu⁴ shao¹-hsiang¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "lin²-shih² pao⁴ fo²-chiao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "píng-shŕ bù shāu-syāng-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "lín-shŕ bàu fwó-jyǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "pyngshyr bu shaushiang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "linshyr baw forjeau"
},
{
"roman": "pinši bu šaosjan, linʹši bao foczjao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "пинши бу шаосян"
},
{
"roman": "pinši bu šaosjan, linʹši bao foczjao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "линьши бао фоцзяо"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ping⁴ si⁴ bat¹ siu¹ hoeng¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "pìhng sìh bāt sīu hēung"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "làhm sìh póuh faht geuk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ping⁴ si⁴ bat⁷ siu¹ hoeng¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁹ goek⁸"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ping⁴ xi⁴ bed¹ xiu¹ hêng¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "lem⁴ xi⁴ pou⁵ fed⁶ gêg³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰɪŋ²¹ siː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵ lɐm²¹ siː²¹ pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "臨時抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "急來抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "急時抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "急則抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "臨時抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "臨時抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou"
],
"word": "閒時唔燒香，急時抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou"
],
"word": "平時唔燒香，臨急抱佛腳"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "臨急抱佛腳"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "平時唔燒香，臨急抱佛腳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Kaiping",
"Chikan"
],
"word": "臨嫁錐耳"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Bei",
"Jian'ou"
],
"word": "抱佛跤"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "抱佛跤"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Shanghai"
],
"word": "臨時抱佛腳"
}
],
"word": "平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳"
}
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