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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "這都是官吏每無心正法，使百姓有口難言。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "这都是官吏每无心正法，使百姓有口难言。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E\nZhè dōu shì guānlìměi wúxīn zhèngfǎ, shǐ bǎixìng yǒukǒunányán. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"cannot bring oneself to mention something; to find it hard or embarrassing to bring up a matter"
],
"id": "en-有口難言-zh-phrase-OHxht3bU",
"links": [
[
"cannot",
"cannot"
],
[
"bring",
"bring"
],
[
"mention",
"mention"
],
[
"something",
"something"
],
[
"find",
"find"
],
[
"hard",
"hard"
],
[
"embarrassing",
"embarrassing"
],
[
"bring up",
"bring up"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǒukǒunányán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǒukǒunányán [Phonetic:yóukǒunányán]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǒukǒunányán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yu³-kʻou³-nan²-yen²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yǒu-kǒu-nán-yán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yeoukoounanyan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "юкоунаньянь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "jukounanʹjanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ jɛn³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yáuh háu nàahn yìhn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yeo⁵ heo² nan⁴ yin⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ hɐu̯³⁵ naːn²¹ jiːn²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: yóukǒunányán]"
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ jɛn³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ hɐu̯³⁵ naːn²¹ jiːn²¹/"
}
],
"word": "有口難言"
}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "這都是官吏每無心正法，使百姓有口難言。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "这都是官吏每无心正法，使百姓有口难言。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E\nZhè dōu shì guānlìměi wúxīn zhèngfǎ, shǐ bǎixìng yǒukǒunányán. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"cannot bring oneself to mention something; to find it hard or embarrassing to bring up a matter"
],
"links": [
[
"cannot",
"cannot"
],
[
"bring",
"bring"
],
[
"mention",
"mention"
],
[
"something",
"something"
],
[
"find",
"find"
],
[
"hard",
"hard"
],
[
"embarrassing",
"embarrassing"
],
[
"bring up",
"bring up"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǒukǒunányán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǒukǒunányán [Phonetic:yóukǒunányán]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yǒukǒunányán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yu³-kʻou³-nan²-yen²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yǒu-kǒu-nán-yán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yeoukoounanyan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "юкоунаньянь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "jukounanʹjanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ jɛn³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yáuh háu nàahn yìhn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yeo⁵ heo² nan⁴ yin⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ hɐu̯³⁵ naːn²¹ jiːn²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: yóukǒunányán]"
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ jɛn³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ hɐu̯³⁵ naːn²¹ jiːn²¹/"
}
],
"word": "有口難言"
}
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