See 懸崖勒馬 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "悬崖勒马",
"tags": [
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}
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"name": "head"
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
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},
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},
{
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{
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},
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"to desist from doing something before it is too late; to pull back before it is too late"
],
"id": "en-懸崖勒馬-zh-phrase-MMccV9lm",
"links": [
[
"desist",
"desist"
],
[
"late",
"late"
],
[
"pull back",
"pull back"
]
],
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{
"word": "臨崖勒馬"
},
{
"word": "临崖勒马"
}
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xuányálèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xuányáilèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄞˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyun⁴ ngaai⁴ lak⁶ maa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hiân-gâi-le̍k-má"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xuányálèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syuányálèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsüan²-ya²-lê⁴-ma³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sywán-yá-lè-mǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyuanyalehmaa"
},
{
"roman": "sjuanʹjalɛma",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюаньялэма"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ jä³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xuányáilèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄞˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syuányáilèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsüan²-yai²-lê⁴-ma³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sywán-yái-lè-mǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyuanyailehmaa"
},
{
"roman": "sjuanʹjajlɛma",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюаньяйлэма"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ jaɪ̯³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyun⁴ ngaai⁴ lak⁶ maa⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yùhn ngàaih lahk máh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jyn⁴ ngaai⁴ lak⁹ maa⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yun⁴ ngai⁴ leg⁶ ma⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyːn²¹ ŋaːi̯²¹ lɐk̚² maː¹³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hiân-gâi-le̍k-má"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "hiân-gâi-li̍k-má"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "hien'gailegmar"
},
{
"ipa": "/hiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡai²⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴⁻³² mã⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "懸崖勒馬"
}
{
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{
"form": "悬崖勒马",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "懸崖勒馬",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 勒",
"Chinese terms spelled with 崖",
"Chinese terms spelled with 懸",
"Chinese terms spelled with 馬",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to desist from doing something before it is too late; to pull back before it is too late"
],
"links": [
[
"desist",
"desist"
],
[
"late",
"late"
],
[
"pull back",
"pull back"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xuányálèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xuányáilèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄞˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyun⁴ ngaai⁴ lak⁶ maa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hiân-gâi-le̍k-má"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xuányálèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syuányálèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsüan²-ya²-lê⁴-ma³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sywán-yá-lè-mǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyuanyalehmaa"
},
{
"roman": "sjuanʹjalɛma",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюаньялэма"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ jä³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xuányáilèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄞˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "syuányáilèmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsüan²-yai²-lê⁴-ma³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sywán-yái-lè-mǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shyuanyailehmaa"
},
{
"roman": "sjuanʹjajlɛma",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сюаньяйлэма"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ jaɪ̯³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyun⁴ ngaai⁴ lak⁶ maa⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yùhn ngàaih lahk máh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jyn⁴ ngaai⁴ lak⁹ maa⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yun⁴ ngai⁴ leg⁶ ma⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyːn²¹ ŋaːi̯²¹ lɐk̚² maː¹³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hiân-gâi-le̍k-má"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "hiân-gâi-li̍k-má"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "hien'gailegmar"
},
{
"ipa": "/hiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡai²⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴⁻³² mã⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "臨崖勒馬"
},
{
"word": "临崖勒马"
}
],
"word": "懸崖勒馬"
}
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