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{
"etymology_text": "From the poem 登鸛雀樓 (On the Stork Tower) by 王之渙 (Wang Zhihuan).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "更上一層樓",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"strive for a greater achievement (similar to 'take it to the next level')"
],
"id": "en-更上一層樓-zh-phrase-cO0G5XZU",
"links": [
[
"strive",
"strive"
],
[
"greater",
"greater"
],
[
"achievement",
"achievement"
],
[
"take it to the next level",
"take it to the next level#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) strive for a greater achievement (similar to 'take it to the next level')"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Wang Zhihuan"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gèngshàngyīcénglóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄍㄥˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄧ ㄘㄥˊ ㄌㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gang³ soeng⁵ jat¹ cang⁴ lau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "gèngshàngyīcénglóu [Phonetic:gèngshàngyìcénglóu]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gèngshàngyicénglóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "kêng⁴-shang⁴-i¹-tsʻêng²-lou²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gèng-shàng-yī-tséng-lóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "genqshanqitsernglou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "гэншанъицэнлоу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "gɛnšanʺicɛnlou"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gang séuhng yāt chàhng làuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gang³ soeng⁵ jat⁷ tsang⁴ lau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "geng³ sêng⁵ yed¹ ceng⁴ leo⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐŋ³³ sœːŋ¹³ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: gèngshàngyìcénglóu]"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐŋ³³ sœːŋ¹³ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹/"
}
],
"word": "更上一層樓"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From the poem 登鸛雀樓 (On the Stork Tower) by 王之渙 (Wang Zhihuan).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "更上一層樓",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone"
],
"glosses": [
"strive for a greater achievement (similar to 'take it to the next level')"
],
"links": [
[
"strive",
"strive"
],
[
"greater",
"greater"
],
[
"achievement",
"achievement"
],
[
"take it to the next level",
"take it to the next level#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) strive for a greater achievement (similar to 'take it to the next level')"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Wang Zhihuan"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gèngshàngyīcénglóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄍㄥˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄧ ㄘㄥˊ ㄌㄡˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gang³ soeng⁵ jat¹ cang⁴ lau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "gèngshàngyīcénglóu [Phonetic:gèngshàngyìcénglóu]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gèngshàngyicénglóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "kêng⁴-shang⁴-i¹-tsʻêng²-lou²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gèng-shàng-yī-tséng-lóu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "genqshanqitsernglou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "гэншанъицэнлоу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "gɛnšanʺicɛnlou"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gang séuhng yāt chàhng làuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gang³ soeng⁵ jat⁷ tsang⁴ lau⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "geng³ sêng⁵ yed¹ ceng⁴ leo⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐŋ³³ sœːŋ¹³ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: gèngshàngyìcénglóu]"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐŋ³³ sœːŋ¹³ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹/"
}
],
"word": "更上一層樓"
}
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