See 形同虛設 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "形同虚设",
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}
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"glosses": [
"ineffectual; futile; with the setup or appearance but without the intended utility; set up but useless"
],
"id": "en-形同虛設-zh-phrase--NPCWjYu",
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"ineffectual",
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],
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"futile",
"futile"
],
[
"setup",
"setup"
],
[
"appearance",
"appearance"
],
[
"intend",
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[
"set up",
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{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xíngtóngxūshè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩ ㄕㄜˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jing⁴ tung⁴ heoi¹ cit³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xíngtóngxūshè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩ ㄕㄜˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "síngtóngsyushè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsing²-tʻung²-hsü¹-shê⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syíng-túng-syū-shè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyngtorngshiusheh"
},
{
"roman": "sintunsjujšɛ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "синтунсюйшэ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕiŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jing⁴ tung⁴ heoi¹ cit³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yìhng tùhng hēui chit"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jing⁴ tung⁴ hoey¹ tsit⁸"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ying⁴ tung⁴ hêu¹ qid³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɪŋ²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹ hɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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"word": "形同虛設"
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"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 同",
"Chinese terms spelled with 形",
"Chinese terms spelled with 虛",
"Chinese terms spelled with 設",
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"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
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"ineffectual",
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"futile",
"futile"
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"setup",
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],
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"appearance",
"appearance"
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"intend",
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"utility",
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],
[
"set up",
"set up"
],
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"useless",
"useless"
]
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"Mandarin",
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],
"zh_pron": "xíngtóngxūshè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩ ㄕㄜˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jing⁴ tung⁴ heoi¹ cit³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xíngtóngxūshè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩ ㄕㄜˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "síngtóngsyushè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsing²-tʻung²-hsü¹-shê⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syíng-túng-syū-shè"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyngtorngshiusheh"
},
{
"roman": "sintunsjujšɛ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "синтунсюйшэ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕiŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jing⁴ tung⁴ heoi¹ cit³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yìhng tùhng hēui chit"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jing⁴ tung⁴ hoey¹ tsit⁸"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ying⁴ tung⁴ hêu¹ qid³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɪŋ²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹ hɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "形同虛設"
}
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