See 望塵莫及 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "to see the dust ahead and be unable to catch up",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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"glosses": [
"to be far inferior"
],
"id": "en-望塵莫及-zh-phrase-URyyiVPA",
"links": [
[
"humble",
"humble"
],
[
"far",
"far"
],
[
"inferior",
"inferior"
]
],
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"(usually humble) to be far inferior"
],
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"idiomatic",
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}
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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],
"zh-pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ can⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wang⁴-chʻên²-mo⁴-chi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wàng-chén-mwò-jí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wanqchernmohjyi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ванчэньмоцзи"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "vančɛnʹmoczi"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "mohng chàhn mohk kahp"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ tsan⁴ mok⁹ kap⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ cen⁴ mog⁶ keb⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɐn²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "boxngdinbogkip"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tin²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɐn²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tin²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/"
}
],
"word": "望塵莫及"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to see the dust ahead and be unable to catch up",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 及",
"Chinese terms spelled with 塵",
"Chinese terms spelled with 望",
"Chinese terms spelled with 莫",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to be far inferior"
],
"links": [
[
"humble",
"humble"
],
[
"far",
"far"
],
[
"inferior",
"inferior"
]
],
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"(usually humble) to be far inferior"
],
"tags": [
"humble",
"idiomatic",
"usually"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ can⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wang⁴-chʻên²-mo⁴-chi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wàng-chén-mwò-jí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "wanqchernmohjyi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ванчэньмоцзи"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "vančɛnʹmoczi"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "mohng chàhn mohk kahp"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ tsan⁴ mok⁹ kap⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "mong⁶ cen⁴ mog⁶ keb⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɐn²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "boxngdinbogkip"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tin²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɐn²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tin²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/"
}
],
"word": "望塵莫及"
}
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