"形而下" meaning in Chinese

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xíng'érshàng",
      "word": "形而上"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Therefore what is above form [metaphysical] is called the Way; what is within form [concrete] is called implements.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pre-Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " I Ching, 11ᵗʰ – 8ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Shìgù, xíng ér shàng zhě wèi zhī dào, xíng ér xià zhě wèi zhī qì.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "是故，形而上者謂之道，形而下者謂之器。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Therefore what is above form [metaphysical] is called the Way; what is within form [concrete] is called implements.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pre-Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " I Ching, 11ᵗʰ – 8ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Shìgù, xíng ér shàng zhě wèi zhī dào, xíng ér xià zhě wèi zhī qì.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "是故，形而上者谓之道，形而下者谓之器。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From I Ching (translated by Adler, 2020)",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Philosophy",
          "orig": "zh:Philosophy",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "physical or material things"
      ],
      "id": "en-形而下-zh-noun-t56DUpfh",
      "links": [
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          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
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        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy) physical or material things"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "I Ching"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xíng'érxià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xíng'érxià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "síng-érsià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsing²-êrh²-hsia⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syíng-ér-syà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyngerlshiah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "синъэрся"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sinʺersja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiŋ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiŋ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "形而下"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xíng'érshàng",
      "word": "形而上"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Therefore what is above form [metaphysical] is called the Way; what is within form [concrete] is called implements.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pre-Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " I Ching, 11ᵗʰ – 8ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Shìgù, xíng ér shàng zhě wèi zhī dào, xíng ér xià zhě wèi zhī qì.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "是故，形而上者謂之道，形而下者謂之器。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Therefore what is above form [metaphysical] is called the Way; what is within form [concrete] is called implements.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pre-Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " I Ching, 11ᵗʰ – 8ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Shìgù, xíng ér shàng zhě wèi zhī dào, xíng ér xià zhě wèi zhī qì.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "是故，形而上者谓之道，形而下者谓之器。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From I Ching (translated by Adler, 2020)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        [
          "physical",
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        [
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        ],
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          "thing",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(philosophy) physical or material things"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
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      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xíng'érxià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xíng'érxià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "síng-érsià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsing²-êrh²-hsia⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syíng-ér-syà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyngerlshiah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "синъэрся"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sinʺersja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiŋ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiŋ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "形而下"
}

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