See 挑肥揀瘦 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "挑肥拣瘦",
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"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
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},
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"parents": [
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
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"glosses": [
"to pick the best for oneself; to choose whatever is to one's advantage"
],
"id": "en-挑肥揀瘦-zh-phrase-SjoaUfZu",
"links": [
[
"pick",
"pick"
],
[
"best",
"best"
],
[
"choose",
"choose"
],
[
"advantage",
"advantage"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "jiǎnzé",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "揀擇"
},
{
"roman": "jiǎnzé",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "拣择"
},
{
"word": "揀精擇白"
},
{
"word": "拣精择白"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄠ ㄈㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄡˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "tiu¹ fei⁴ gaan² sau³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tiaoféijiǎnshòu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tʻiao¹-fei²-chien³-shou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "tyāu-féi-jyǎn-shòu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tiaufeirjeanshow"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "тяофэйцзяньшоу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "tjaofɛjczjanʹšou"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "tīu fèih gáan sau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tiu¹ fei⁴ gaan² sau³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "tiu¹ féi⁴ gan² seo³"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ fei̯²¹ kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ fei̯²¹ kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³³/"
}
],
"word": "挑肥揀瘦"
}
{
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"raw_tags": [
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}
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
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"expansion": "挑肥揀瘦",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 挑",
"Chinese terms spelled with 揀",
"Chinese terms spelled with 瘦",
"Chinese terms spelled with 肥",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
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"Pages with entries"
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"glosses": [
"to pick the best for oneself; to choose whatever is to one's advantage"
],
"links": [
[
"pick",
"pick"
],
[
"best",
"best"
],
[
"choose",
"choose"
],
[
"advantage",
"advantage"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄠ ㄈㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄡˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "tiu¹ fei⁴ gaan² sau³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tiaoféijiǎnshòu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tʻiao¹-fei²-chien³-shou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "tyāu-féi-jyǎn-shòu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tiaufeirjeanshow"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "тяофэйцзяньшоу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "tjaofɛjczjanʹšou"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "tīu fèih gáan sau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tiu¹ fei⁴ gaan² sau³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "tiu¹ féi⁴ gan² seo³"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ fei̯²¹ kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ fei̯²¹ kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³³/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "jiǎnzé",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "揀擇"
},
{
"roman": "jiǎnzé",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "拣择"
},
{
"word": "揀精擇白"
},
{
"word": "拣精择白"
}
],
"word": "挑肥揀瘦"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 挑肥揀瘦 meaning in Chinese (2.5kB)
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