See 徒勞無功 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "bùláo'érhuò",
"word": "不勞而獲"
},
{
"roman": "bùláo'érhuò",
"word": "不劳而获"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "徒劳无功",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "徒勞無功",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to make a futile effort; to work fruitlessly"
],
"id": "en-徒勞無功-zh-phrase-ZVUoj3ft",
"links": [
[
"make",
"make"
],
[
"futile",
"futile"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"work",
"work"
],
[
"fruitless",
"fruitless"
]
],
"related": [
{
"roman": "zhúlándǎshuǐ",
"word": "竹籃打水"
},
{
"roman": "zhúlándǎshuǐ",
"word": "竹篮打水"
},
{
"roman": "hǎidǐ lāoyuè",
"word": "海底撈月"
},
{
"roman": "hǎidǐ lāoyuè",
"word": "海底捞月"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "túláowúgōng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴ mou⁴ gung¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "túláowúgōng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "túláowúgong"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tʻu²-lao²-wu²-kung¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "tú-láu-wú-gūng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "twulauwugong"
},
{
"roman": "tulao’ugun",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "тулао’угун"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴ mou⁴ gung¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "tòuh lòuh mòuh gūng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴ mou⁴ gung¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴ mou⁴ gung¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹ lou̯²¹ mou̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "徒勞無功"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "bùláo'érhuò",
"word": "不勞而獲"
},
{
"roman": "bùláo'érhuò",
"word": "不劳而获"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "徒劳无功",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "徒勞無功",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"roman": "zhúlándǎshuǐ",
"word": "竹籃打水"
},
{
"roman": "zhúlándǎshuǐ",
"word": "竹篮打水"
},
{
"roman": "hǎidǐ lāoyuè",
"word": "海底撈月"
},
{
"roman": "hǎidǐ lāoyuè",
"word": "海底捞月"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 功",
"Chinese terms spelled with 勞",
"Chinese terms spelled with 徒",
"Chinese terms spelled with 無",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to make a futile effort; to work fruitlessly"
],
"links": [
[
"make",
"make"
],
[
"futile",
"futile"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"work",
"work"
],
[
"fruitless",
"fruitless"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "túláowúgōng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴ mou⁴ gung¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "túláowúgōng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "túláowúgong"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tʻu²-lao²-wu²-kung¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "tú-láu-wú-gūng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "twulauwugong"
},
{
"roman": "tulao’ugun",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "тулао’угун"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴ mou⁴ gung¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "tòuh lòuh mòuh gūng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴ mou⁴ gung¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "tou⁴ lou⁴ mou⁴ gung¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹ lou̯²¹ mou̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "徒勞無功"
}
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