See 明察秋毫 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_examples": [
{
"english": "Mencius replied, \"Suppose a man were to make this statement to your Majesty: 'My strength is sufficient to lift three thousand catties, but it is not sufficient to lift one feather; my eyesight is sharp enough to examine the point of an autumn hair, but I do not see a wagon-load of faggots;' would your Majesty allow what he said?\"",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Yuē: “Yǒu fù yú wáng zhě yuē: ‘Wú lì zúyǐ jǔ bǎi jūn’, ér bù zúyǐ jǔ yī yǔ; ‘míng zúyǐ chá qiūháo zhī mò’, ér bùjiàn yú xīn, zé wáng xǔ zhī hū?”",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "曰：「有復於王者曰：『吾力足以舉百鈞』，而不足以舉一羽；『明足以察秋毫之末』，而不見輿薪，則王許之乎？」",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Mencius replied, \"Suppose a man were to make this statement to your Majesty: 'My strength is sufficient to lift three thousand catties, but it is not sufficient to lift one feather; my eyesight is sharp enough to examine the point of an autumn hair, but I do not see a wagon-load of faggots;' would your Majesty allow what he said?\"",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Yuē: “Yǒu fù yú wáng zhě yuē: ‘Wú lì zúyǐ jǔ bǎi jūn’, ér bù zúyǐ jǔ yī yǔ; ‘míng zúyǐ chá qiūháo zhī mò’, ér bùjiàn yú xīn, zé wáng xǔ zhī hū?”",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "曰：「有复于王者曰：『吾力足以举百钧』，而不足以举一羽；『明足以察秋毫之末』，而不见舆薪，则王许之乎？」",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "(《孟子·梁惠王上》)"
},
"expansion": "(《孟子·梁惠王上》)",
"name": "lang"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Mencius (《孟子·梁惠王上》)",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "明察秋毫",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu derived from Mencius",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to perceive the minutest details"
],
"id": "en-明察秋毫-zh-phrase-Ph6P8eLX",
"links": [
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"details",
"details"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Mencius (book)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "míngchá qiūháo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄠˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ming⁴ caat³ cau¹ hou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "míngchá qiūháo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "míngchá ciouháo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ming²-chʻa² chʻiu¹-hao²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "míng-chá chyōu-háu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "mingchar chiouhaur"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "минча цюхао"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "minča cjuxao"
},
{
"ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "mìhng chaat chāu hòuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ming⁴ tsaat⁸ tsau¹ hou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ming⁴ cad³ ceo¹ hou⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰaːt̚³ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hou̯²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰaːt̚³ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hou̯²¹/"
}
],
"word": "明察秋毫"
}
{
"etymology_examples": [
{
"english": "Mencius replied, \"Suppose a man were to make this statement to your Majesty: 'My strength is sufficient to lift three thousand catties, but it is not sufficient to lift one feather; my eyesight is sharp enough to examine the point of an autumn hair, but I do not see a wagon-load of faggots;' would your Majesty allow what he said?\"",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Yuē: “Yǒu fù yú wáng zhě yuē: ‘Wú lì zúyǐ jǔ bǎi jūn’, ér bù zúyǐ jǔ yī yǔ; ‘míng zúyǐ chá qiūháo zhī mò’, ér bùjiàn yú xīn, zé wáng xǔ zhī hū?”",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "曰：「有復於王者曰：『吾力足以舉百鈞』，而不足以舉一羽；『明足以察秋毫之末』，而不見輿薪，則王許之乎？」",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Mencius replied, \"Suppose a man were to make this statement to your Majesty: 'My strength is sufficient to lift three thousand catties, but it is not sufficient to lift one feather; my eyesight is sharp enough to examine the point of an autumn hair, but I do not see a wagon-load of faggots;' would your Majesty allow what he said?\"",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Yuē: “Yǒu fù yú wáng zhě yuē: ‘Wú lì zúyǐ jǔ bǎi jūn’, ér bù zúyǐ jǔ yī yǔ; ‘míng zúyǐ chá qiūháo zhī mò’, ér bùjiàn yú xīn, zé wáng xǔ zhī hū?”",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "曰：「有复于王者曰：『吾力足以举百钧』，而不足以举一羽；『明足以察秋毫之末』，而不见舆薪，则王许之乎？」",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "(《孟子·梁惠王上》)"
},
"expansion": "(《孟子·梁惠王上》)",
"name": "lang"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Mencius (《孟子·梁惠王上》)",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "明察秋毫",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese chengyu derived from Mencius",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 察",
"Chinese terms spelled with 明",
"Chinese terms spelled with 毫",
"Chinese terms spelled with 秋",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to perceive the minutest details"
],
"links": [
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"details",
"details"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Mencius (book)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "míngchá qiūháo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄠˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ming⁴ caat³ cau¹ hou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "míngchá qiūháo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "míngchá ciouháo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ming²-chʻa² chʻiu¹-hao²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "míng-chá chyōu-háu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "mingchar chiouhaur"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "минча цюхао"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "minča cjuxao"
},
{
"ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "mìhng chaat chāu hòuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ming⁴ tsaat⁸ tsau¹ hou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ming⁴ cad³ ceo¹ hou⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰaːt̚³ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hou̯²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰaːt̚³ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hou̯²¹/"
}
],
"word": "明察秋毫"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 明察秋毫 meaning in Chinese (4.2kB)
{
"called_from": "parser/304",
"msg": "HTML tag <b> not properly closed",
"path": [
"明察秋毫"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "明察秋毫",
"trace": "started on line 1, detected on line 1"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </b>",
"path": [
"明察秋毫"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "明察秋毫",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/304",
"msg": "HTML tag <b> not properly closed",
"path": [
"明察秋毫"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "明察秋毫",
"trace": "started on line 1, detected on line 1"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </b>",
"path": [
"明察秋毫"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "明察秋毫",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
"msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
"path": [
"明察秋毫"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "明察秋毫",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
"msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
"path": [
"明察秋毫"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "明察秋毫",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (0c0c1f1 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.