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"derived": [
{
"word": "擇木而處"
},
{
"word": "择木而处"
},
{
"roman": "liángqínzémù",
"word": "良禽擇木"
},
{
"roman": "liángqínzémù",
"word": "良禽择木"
},
{
"roman": "liángqín zé mù ér qī",
"word": "良禽擇木而棲"
},
{
"roman": "liángqín zé mù ér qī",
"word": "良禽择木而栖"
}
],
"examples": [
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"english": "A good bird chooses (for itself) the tree upon which to perch; the talented subject chooses (for himself) the lord that he shall serve.",
"ref": "良禽擇木而棲，賢臣擇主而事。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而事。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE\nLiáng qín zémù ér qī, xiánchén zézhǔ'érshì. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
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],
"glosses": [
"to choose one's own master"
],
"id": "en-擇木-zh-verb-1TDI-nkd",
"links": [
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"choose",
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],
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"(literary) to choose one's own master"
],
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"zh-pron": "zémù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄗㄜˊ ㄇㄨˋ"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zaak⁶ muk⁶"
},
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zémù"
},
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"zh-pron": "zémù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tsê²-mu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dzé-mù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tzermuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзэму"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czɛmu"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɤ³⁵ mu⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jaahk muhk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzaak⁹ muk⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "zag⁶ mug⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡saːk̚² mʊk̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɤ³⁵ mu⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡saːk̚² mʊk̚²/"
}
],
"word": "擇木"
}
{
"derived": [
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"word": "擇木而處"
},
{
"word": "择木而处"
},
{
"roman": "liángqínzémù",
"word": "良禽擇木"
},
{
"roman": "liángqínzémù",
"word": "良禽择木"
},
{
"roman": "liángqín zé mù ér qī",
"word": "良禽擇木而棲"
},
{
"roman": "liángqín zé mù ér qī",
"word": "良禽择木而栖"
}
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"ref": "良禽擇木而棲，賢臣擇主而事。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而事。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE\nLiáng qín zémù ér qī, xiánchén zézhǔ'érshì. [Pinyin]",
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"to choose one's own master"
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"(literary) to choose one's own master"
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},
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"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄗㄜˊ ㄇㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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],
"zh-pron": "zaak⁶ muk⁶"
},
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"zh-pron": "zémù"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "zémù"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "tsê²-mu⁴"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dzé-mù"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tzermuh"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзэму"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czɛmu"
},
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"ipa": "/t͡sɤ³⁵ mu⁵¹/",
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jaahk muhk"
},
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzaak⁹ muk⁹"
},
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "zag⁶ mug⁶"
},
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"ipa": "/t͡saːk̚² mʊk̚²/",
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"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɤ³⁵ mu⁵¹/"
},
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"ipa": "/t͡saːk̚² mʊk̚²/"
}
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