See 微言大義 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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],
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},
{
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ"
},
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},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
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},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Wade-Giles"
],
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},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wēi-yán-dà-yì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ueiyandahyih"
},
{
"roman": "vɛjjanʹdai",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "вэйяньдаи"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
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},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
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},
{
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"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wei²-yen²-ta⁴-i⁴"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
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"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
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},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
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},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
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},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mèih yìhn daaih yih"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
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},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "méi⁴ yin⁴ dai⁶ yi⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/mei̯²¹ jiːn²¹ taːi̯²² jiː²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "微言大義"
}
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
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"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 大",
"Chinese terms spelled with 微",
"Chinese terms spelled with 義",
"Chinese terms spelled with 言",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
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"zh_pron": "wēiyándàyì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mei⁴ jin⁴ daai⁶ ji⁶"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "wēiyándàyì"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "weiyándàyì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wei¹-yen²-ta⁴-i⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wēi-yán-dà-yì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ueiyandahyih"
},
{
"roman": "vɛjjanʹdai",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "вэйяньдаи"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wéiyándàyì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wéiyándàyì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wei²-yen²-ta⁴-i⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wéi-yán-dà-yì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "weiyandahyih"
},
{
"roman": "vɛjjanʹdai",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "вэйяньдаи"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mei⁴ jin⁴ daai⁶ ji⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mèih yìhn daaih yih"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "mei⁴ jin⁴ daai⁶ ji⁶"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "méi⁴ yin⁴ dai⁶ yi⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/mei̯²¹ jiːn²¹ taːi̯²² jiː²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "微言大義"
}
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