See 形單影隻 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "吾上有三兄，皆不幸早世。承先人後者，在孫惟汝，在子惟吾。兩世一身，形單影隻。",
"translation": "My three brothers all early died, leaving only us, a grandson and a son, to carry on the ancestral line. We were two generations, with but one body, one form, one shadow.",
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"text": "吾上有三兄，皆不幸早世。承先人后者，在孙惟汝，在子惟吾。两世一身，形单影只。",
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"ipa": "/ɕiŋ³⁵ tän⁵⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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],
"zh_pron": "ying⁴ dan¹ ying² zég³"
},
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"zh_pron": "heng tan 'jaengX tsyek"
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"word": "形單影隻"
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"word": "形隻影單"
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],
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"text": "吾上有三兄，皆不幸早世。承先人後者，在孫惟汝，在子惟吾。兩世一身，形單影隻。",
"translation": "My three brothers all early died, leaving only us, a grandson and a son, to carry on the ancestral line. We were two generations, with but one body, one form, one shadow.",
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],
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"roman": "Wú shàng yǒu sān xiōng, jiē bùxìng zǎoshì. Chéng xiānrén hòu zhě, zài sūn wéi rǔ, zài zǐ wéi wú. Liǎng shì yī shēn, xíng dān yǐng zhī.",
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"Simplified-Chinese"
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"text": "吾上有三兄，皆不幸早世。承先人后者，在孙惟汝，在子惟吾。两世一身，形单影只。",
"translation": "My three brothers all early died, leaving only us, a grandson and a son, to carry on the ancestral line. We were two generations, with but one body, one form, one shadow.",
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"ipa": "/ɕiŋ³⁵ tän⁵⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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"word": "形隻影單"
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"word": "形單影隻"
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