See 有言在先 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"parents": [],
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"glosses": [
"to make it clear beforehand; to forewarn"
],
"id": "en-有言在先-zh-phrase-tQ9Bj1w~",
"links": [
[
"make",
"make"
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[
"clear",
"clear"
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[
"beforehand",
"beforehand"
],
[
"forewarn",
"forewarn"
]
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{
"word": "踏話頭"
},
{
"word": "踏话头"
}
],
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒuyán zàixiān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jau⁵ jin⁴ zoi⁶ sin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒuyán zàixiān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒuyán zàisian"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yu³-yen² tsai⁴-hsien¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒu-yán dzài-syān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yeouyan tzayshian"
},
{
"roman": "jujanʹ czajsjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "юянь цзайсянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Hong Kong"
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"zh_pron": "jau⁵ jin⁴ zoi⁶ sin¹"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yáuh yìhn joih sīn"
},
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"Hong Kong"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "jau⁵ jin⁴ dzoi⁶ sin¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yeo⁵ yin⁴ zoi⁶ xin¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ jiːn²¹ t͡sɔːi̯²² siːn⁵⁵/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"Sinological-IPA"
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"word": "有言在先"
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"to make it clear beforehand; to forewarn"
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"make",
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"clear",
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"beforehand",
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},
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"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒuyán zàixiān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒuyán zàisian"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yu³-yen² tsai⁴-hsien¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒu-yán dzài-syān"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
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},
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"roman": "jujanʹ czajsjanʹ",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "юянь цзайсянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "jau⁵ jin⁴ zoi⁶ sin¹"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yáuh yìhn joih sīn"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yeo⁵ yin⁴ zoi⁶ xin¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ jiːn²¹ t͡sɔːi̯²² siːn⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "踏話頭"
},
{
"word": "踏话头"
}
],
"word": "有言在先"
}
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