"抱佛腳" meaning in Chinese

See 抱佛腳 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pʰo³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /pʰo²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /pʰau³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /pʰau³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pʰo³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/, /pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/, /pʰo³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/, /pʰo²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/, /pʰau³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/, /pʰau³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/, /pʰo³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/, /pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: bào fójiǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], phō-pu̍t-kha, phāu-hu̍t-kha, phō-hu̍t-kha, bào fójiǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bào fójiǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pao⁴ fo²-chiao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bàu fwó-jyǎu [Mandarin, Yale], baw forjeau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бао фоцзяо [Mandarin, Palladius], bao foczjao [Mandarin, Palladius], póuh faht geuk [Cantonese, Yale], pou⁵ fat⁹ goek⁸ [Cantonese, Pinyin], pou⁵ fed⁶ gêg³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], phō-pu̍t-kha [Hokkien, POJ], phō-pu̍t-kha [Hokkien, Tai-lo], phoixpudqaf [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], phāu-hu̍t-kha [Hokkien, POJ], phāu-hu̍t-kha [Hokkien, Tai-lo], phauxhudqaf [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], phō-hu̍t-kha [Hokkien, POJ], phō-hu̍t-kha [Hokkien, Tai-lo], phoixhudqaf [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 抱⫽佛腳 [canonical], 抱佛脚, 抱佛跤, 抱佛骹
Etymology: The sense of "profess Buddhism" was attested in Meng Jiao's poem: The sense of "to do something at last minute" is short for 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 /平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo), an idiom which was derived from the above poem. Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|《讀經》}} 《讀經》 Head templates: {{zh-verb|type=vo}} 抱⫽佛腳 (verb-object)
  1. to leave something to do at the last minute; to make a last-minute effort Tags: verb-object
    Sense id: en-抱佛腳-zh-verb-OJu1zAQm Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20
  2. (original meaning, now rare) to profess Buddhism Tags: archaic, verb-object
    Sense id: en-抱佛腳-zh-verb-TfC8E5yP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 臨時抱佛腳 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 急來抱佛腳 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 急時抱佛腳 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 急則抱佛腳 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 抱佛腳 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 臨時抱佛腳 [Taiwan], 抱佛腳 [Taiwan], 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 [Taiwan], 臨時抱佛腳 [Singapore], 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 [Singapore], 閒時唔燒香,急時抱佛腳 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 平時唔燒香,臨急抱佛腳 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 臨急抱佛腳 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 平時唔燒香,臨急抱佛腳 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 臨嫁錐耳 [Cantonese, Chikan, Kaiping], 抱佛跤 [Jian'ou], 抱佛跤 [Xiamen], 臨時抱佛腳 [Wu, Shanghai], 臨時抱佛腳, 急來抱佛腳, 急時抱佛腳, 急則抱佛腳, 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳, Taiwan, Singapore, Guangzhou, 閒時唔燒香,急時抱佛腳, 平時唔燒香,臨急抱佛腳, Hong Kong, 臨急抱佛腳, Kaiping [Chikan], 臨嫁錐耳, Jian'ou, 抱佛跤, Xiamen, Shanghai Derived forms: 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 / 平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo), 急來抱佛腳, 急来抱佛脚, 急則抱佛腳, 急则抱佛脚, 急時抱佛腳, 急时抱佛脚, 臨急抱佛腳 (línjí bào fójiǎo), 临急抱佛脚 (línjí bào fójiǎo), 臨時抱佛腳 (línshí bào fójiǎo), 临时抱佛脚 (línshí bào fójiǎo)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo",
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 / 平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "急來抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "急来抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "急則抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "急则抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "急时抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "línjí bào fójiǎo",
      "word": "臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "línjí bào fójiǎo",
      "word": "临急抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "línshí bào fójiǎo",
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "línshí bào fójiǎo",
      "word": "临时抱佛脚"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "I grabbed the Buddha's feet (professed Buddhism) at old age, and taught my wife to read Buddhist texts.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Meng Jiao, 《讀經》",
      "roman": "Chuílǎo bào fó jiǎo, jiào qī dú huángjīng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "垂老抱佛腳,教妻讀黃經。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "I grabbed the Buddha's feet (professed Buddhism) at old age, and taught my wife to read Buddhist texts.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Meng Jiao, 《讀經》",
      "roman": "Chuílǎo bào fó jiǎo, jiào qī dú huángjīng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "垂老抱佛脚,教妻读黄经。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "《讀經》"
      },
      "expansion": "《讀經》",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The sense of \"profess Buddhism\" was attested in Meng Jiao's poem:\nThe sense of \"to do something at last minute\" is short for 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 /平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo), an idiom which was derived from the above poem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "抱⫽佛腳",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "抱佛脚",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "抱佛跤",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Min"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "抱佛骹",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Min"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "type": "vo"
      },
      "expansion": "抱⫽佛腳 (verb-object)",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to grab the Buddha's foot",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to leave something to do at the last minute; to make a last-minute effort"
      ],
      "id": "en-抱佛腳-zh-verb-OJu1zAQm",
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "last minute",
          "last minute"
        ],
        [
          "last-minute",
          "last-minute"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "verb-object"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to profess Buddhism"
      ],
      "id": "en-抱佛腳-zh-verb-TfC8E5yP",
      "links": [
        [
          "profess",
          "profess"
        ],
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "original meaning",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(original meaning, now rare) to profess Buddhism"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "phō-pu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "phāu-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "phō-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pao⁴ fo²-chiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàu fwó-jyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baw forjeau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бао фоцзяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bao foczjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "póuh faht geuk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pou⁵ fat⁹ goek⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pou⁵ fed⁶ gêg³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phō-pu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phō-pu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phoixpudqaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phāu-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phāu-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phauxhudqaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰau³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰau³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phō-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phō-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phoixhudqaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ phāu-hu̍t-kha /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰau³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰau³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急來抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急則抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "閒時唔燒香,急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "平時唔燒香,臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "平時唔燒香,臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Chikan",
        "Kaiping"
      ],
      "word": "臨嫁錐耳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛跤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛跤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "急來抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "急則抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "閒時唔燒香,急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "平時唔燒香,臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Chikan"
      ],
      "word": "Kaiping"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "臨嫁錐耳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Jian'ou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "抱佛跤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Shanghai"
    }
  ],
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    "Meng Jiao"
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}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 佛",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 抱",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 腳",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo",
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 / 平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "word": "急來抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "急来抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "word": "急則抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "急则抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "word": "急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "急时抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "línjí bào fójiǎo",
      "word": "臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "línjí bào fójiǎo",
      "word": "临急抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "línshí bào fójiǎo",
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "línshí bào fójiǎo",
      "word": "临时抱佛脚"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "english": "I grabbed the Buddha's feet (professed Buddhism) at old age, and taught my wife to read Buddhist texts.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Meng Jiao, 《讀經》",
      "roman": "Chuílǎo bào fó jiǎo, jiào qī dú huángjīng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "垂老抱佛腳,教妻讀黃經。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "I grabbed the Buddha's feet (professed Buddhism) at old age, and taught my wife to read Buddhist texts.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Meng Jiao, 《讀經》",
      "roman": "Chuílǎo bào fó jiǎo, jiào qī dú huángjīng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "垂老抱佛脚,教妻读黄经。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "《讀經》"
      },
      "expansion": "《讀經》",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The sense of \"profess Buddhism\" was attested in Meng Jiao's poem:\nThe sense of \"to do something at last minute\" is short for 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 /平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo), an idiom which was derived from the above poem.",
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    {
      "form": "抱⫽佛腳",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "抱佛脚",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "抱佛跤",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Min"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "抱佛骹",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Min"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to grab the Buddha's foot",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to leave something to do at the last minute; to make a last-minute effort"
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        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "last minute",
          "last minute"
        ],
        [
          "last-minute",
          "last-minute"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "verb-object"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "to profess Buddhism"
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          "profess",
          "profess"
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          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ]
      ],
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        "(original meaning, now rare) to profess Buddhism"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "phō-pu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "phāu-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "phō-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pao⁴ fo²-chiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàu fwó-jyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baw forjeau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бао фоцзяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bao foczjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "póuh faht geuk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pou⁵ fat⁹ goek⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pou⁵ fed⁶ gêg³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phō-pu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phō-pu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phoixpudqaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phāu-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phāu-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phauxhudqaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰau³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰau³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phō-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phō-hu̍t-kha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phoixhudqaf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ phāu-hu̍t-kha /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo²²⁻²¹ put̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰau³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰau³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰo³³⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ hut̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急來抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急則抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "閒時唔燒香,急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "平時唔燒香,臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "平時唔燒香,臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Chikan",
        "Kaiping"
      ],
      "word": "臨嫁錐耳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛跤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛跤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "急來抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "急則抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "閒時唔燒香,急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "平時唔燒香,臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "word": "臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chikan"
      ],
      "word": "Kaiping"
    },
    {
      "word": "臨嫁錐耳"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jian'ou"
    },
    {
      "word": "抱佛跤"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shanghai"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Meng Jiao"
  ],
  "word": "抱佛腳"
}

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