See 敢為人先 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"to have the courage to do what others have not done; to have the courage to take the lead"
],
"id": "en-敢為人先-zh-phrase-AZ7tIx9c",
"links": [
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"have",
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"zh_pron": "gǎnwéirénxiān"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gam² wai⁴ jan⁴ sin¹"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gǎnwéirénxiān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gǎnwéirénsian"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kan³-wei²-jên²-hsien¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gǎn-wéi-rén-syān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "gaanweirenshian"
},
{
"roman": "ganʹvɛjžɛnʹsjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ганьвэйжэньсянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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"zh_pron": "gam² wai⁴ jan⁴ sin¹"
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"zh_pron": "gám wàih yàhn sīn"
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"zh_pron": "gam² wai⁴ jan⁴ sin¹"
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
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"zh_pron": "gem² wei⁴ yen⁴ xin¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐn²¹ siːn⁵⁵/",
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"word": "敢為人先"
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"to have the courage to do what others have not done; to have the courage to take the lead"
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"have",
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"courage",
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],
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"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "gam² wai⁴ jan⁴ sin¹"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gǎnwéirénxiān"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gǎnwéirénsian"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kan³-wei²-jên²-hsien¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gǎn-wéi-rén-syān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "gaanweirenshian"
},
{
"roman": "ganʹvɛjžɛnʹsjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ганьвэйжэньсянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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"Hong Kong"
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"zh_pron": "gam² wai⁴ jan⁴ sin¹"
},
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"Hong Kong"
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"zh_pron": "gám wàih yàhn sīn"
},
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"Guangzhou",
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gam² wai⁴ jan⁴ sin¹"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "gem² wei⁴ yen⁴ xin¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐn²¹ siːn⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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}
],
"word": "敢為人先"
}
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