See 早知今日，何必當初 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"forms": [
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"form": "早知今日，何必当初",
"tags": [
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}
],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "if one had known about this day from the beginning, there would have been no point in starting",
"pos": "phrase",
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"to regret one's past behaviour"
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{
"roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
"word": "既有今日，何必當初／既有今日，何必当初"
},
{
"roman": "huǐ bù dāngchū",
"word": "早知今日，悔不當初／早知今日，悔不当初"
},
{
"roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
"word": "既有今日，何必當初"
},
{
"roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
"word": "既有今日，何必当初"
},
{
"roman": "zǎozhī jīnrì, huǐ bù dāngchū",
"word": "早知今日，悔不當初／早知今日，悔不当初"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka"
],
"word": "早知拉尿，企到天光"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zǎozhī jīnrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hébì dāngchū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄗㄠˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zou² zi¹ gam¹ jat⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ho⁴ bit¹ dong¹ co¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chá-chai kim-li̍t hô͘-pit tong-chho͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zǎozhī jīnrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hébì dāngchū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄗㄠˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zǎojhih jinrìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hébì dangchu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tsao³-chih¹ chin¹-jih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ho²-pi⁴ tang¹-chʻu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dzǎu-jr̄ jīn-r̀-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hé-bì dāng-chū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tzaojy jinryh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "herbih dangchu"
},
{
"roman": "czaočži czinʹži, xɛbi danču",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзаочжи цзиньжи"
},
{
"roman": "czaočži czinʹži, xɛbi danču",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "хэби данчу"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zou² zi¹ gam¹ jat⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ho⁴ bit¹ dong¹ co¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jóu jī gām yaht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hòh bīt dōng chō"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dzou² dzi¹ gam¹ jat⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ho⁴ bit⁷ dong¹ tso¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "zou² ji¹ gem¹ yed⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ho⁴ bid¹ dong¹ co¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ jɐt̚² hɔː²¹ piːt̚⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Klang",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chá-chai kim-li̍t hô͘-pit tong-chho͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Klang",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tsá-tsai kim-li̍t hôo-pit tong-tshoo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Klang",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "zafzay kimlit ho'pid dongzhof"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sa⁵³⁻³⁴ t͡sai³³ kim³³ lit̚³ hɔ²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵³⁻⁵⁴ tɔŋ³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Klang",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "早知今日，何必當初"
}
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"tags": [
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}
],
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},
"expansion": "早知今日，何必當初",
"name": "head"
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],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "if one had known about this day from the beginning, there would have been no point in starting",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 今",
"Chinese terms spelled with 何",
"Chinese terms spelled with 初",
"Chinese terms spelled with 必",
"Chinese terms spelled with 日",
"Chinese terms spelled with 早",
"Chinese terms spelled with 當",
"Chinese terms spelled with 知",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
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"glosses": [
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],
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"regret",
"regret"
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[
"past",
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"sounds": [
{
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"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zǎozhī jīnrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hébì dāngchū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄗㄠˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zou² zi¹ gam¹ jat⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ho⁴ bit¹ dong¹ co¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chá-chai kim-li̍t hô͘-pit tong-chho͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zǎozhī jīnrì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hébì dāngchū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄗㄠˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zǎojhih jinrìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "hébì dangchu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tsao³-chih¹ chin¹-jih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ho²-pi⁴ tang¹-chʻu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dzǎu-jr̄ jīn-r̀-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hé-bì dāng-chū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tzaojy jinryh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "herbih dangchu"
},
{
"roman": "czaočži czinʹži, xɛbi danču",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзаочжи цзиньжи"
},
{
"roman": "czaočži czinʹži, xɛbi danču",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "хэби данчу"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zou² zi¹ gam¹ jat⁶"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ho⁴ bit¹ dong¹ co¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jóu jī gām yaht"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "hòh bīt dōng chō"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dzou² dzi¹ gam¹ jat⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ho⁴ bit⁷ dong¹ tso¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "zou² ji¹ gem¹ yed⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ho⁴ bid¹ dong¹ co¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ jɐt̚² hɔː²¹ piːt̚⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Klang",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chá-chai kim-li̍t hô͘-pit tong-chho͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Klang",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tsá-tsai kim-li̍t hôo-pit tong-tshoo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Klang",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "zafzay kimlit ho'pid dongzhof"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sa⁵³⁻³⁴ t͡sai³³ kim³³ lit̚³ hɔ²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵³⁻⁵⁴ tɔŋ³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Klang",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
"word": "既有今日，何必當初／既有今日，何必当初"
},
{
"roman": "huǐ bù dāngchū",
"word": "早知今日，悔不當初／早知今日，悔不当初"
},
{
"roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
"word": "既有今日，何必當初"
},
{
"roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
"word": "既有今日，何必当初"
},
{
"roman": "zǎozhī jīnrì, huǐ bù dāngchū",
"word": "早知今日，悔不當初／早知今日，悔不当初"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka"
],
"word": "早知拉尿，企到天光"
}
],
"word": "早知今日，何必當初"
}
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