"染指" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "english": "People from Chu presented a large turtle to Lord Ling of Zheng. Gongzi Song and Gongzi Guisheng were about to have an audience with the lord. Gongzi Song’s index finger moved involuntarily. He showed it to Gongzi Guisheng and said, “On other days when my finger did this, I always without fail got to taste something extraordinary.” ......When the lord had the high officers partake of the turtle, he called Gongzi Song forward but did not give him any. Furious, Gongzi Song dipped his finger into the cauldron, tasted the turtle, and left.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Chǔ rén xiàn yuán yú Zhènglínggōng. Gōngzǐ Sòng yǔ Zǐjiā jiāng jiàn, Zǐgōng zhī shízhǐ dòng, yǐ shì Zǐjiā, yuē: ‘Tārì wǒ rúcǐ, bì cháng yìwèi.’...... Jí shí dàfū yuán, zhào Zǐgōng ér fú yǔ yě. Zǐgōng nù, rǎn zhǐ yúdǐng, cháng zhī ér chū.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "楚人獻黿於鄭靈公。公子宋與子家將見，子公之食指動，以示子家，曰：‘他日我如此，必嘗異味。’……及食大夫黿，召子公而弗與也。子公怒，染指於鼎，嘗之而出。",
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    },
    {
      "english": "People from Chu presented a large turtle to Lord Ling of Zheng. Gongzi Song and Gongzi Guisheng were about to have an audience with the lord. Gongzi Song’s index finger moved involuntarily. He showed it to Gongzi Guisheng and said, “On other days when my finger did this, I always without fail got to taste something extraordinary.” ......When the lord had the high officers partake of the turtle, he called Gongzi Song forward but did not give him any. Furious, Gongzi Song dipped his finger into the cauldron, tasted the turtle, and left.",
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Chǔ rén xiàn yuán yú Zhènglínggōng. Gōngzǐ Sòng yǔ Zǐjiā jiāng jiàn, Zǐgōng zhī shízhǐ dòng, yǐ shì Zǐjiā, yuē: ‘Tārì wǒ rúcǐ, bì cháng yìwèi.’...... Jí shí dàfū yuán, zhào Zǐgōng ér fú yǔ yě. Zǐgōng nù, rǎn zhǐ yúdǐng, cháng zhī ér chū.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "楚人献鼋于郑灵公。公子宋与子家将见，子公之食指动，以示子家，曰：‘他日我如此，必尝异味。’……及食大夫鼋，召子公而弗与也。子公怒，染指于鼎，尝之而出。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to dip a finger"
      ],
      "id": "en-染指-zh-verb-9bEJdFrm",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) to dip a finger"
      ],
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        "literally"
      ]
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "4 91 5",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to encroach on; to have a hand in"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "encroach",
          "encroach"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to meddle in; to interfere in"
      ],
      "id": "en-染指-zh-verb-5rx8jlSM",
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          "meddle",
          "meddle"
        ],
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          "interfere",
          "interfere"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rǎnzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄢˇ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jim⁵ zi²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "jiám-cháiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rǎnzhǐ [Phonetic:ránzhǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rǎnjhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jan³-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rǎn-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "raanjyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "жаньчжи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žanʹčži"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yíhm jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jim⁵ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yim⁵ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːm¹³ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiám-cháiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiám-tsáinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiafmzvae"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sãi⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyemX|nyemH tsyijX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*C.n[a]mʔ mə.kijʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*njomʔ|njoms kjiʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: ránzhǐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːm¹³ t͡siː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sãi⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[a]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*njomʔ|njoms kjiʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "染指"
}

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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 指",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 染",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese verbs",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "People from Chu presented a large turtle to Lord Ling of Zheng. Gongzi Song and Gongzi Guisheng were about to have an audience with the lord. Gongzi Song’s index finger moved involuntarily. He showed it to Gongzi Guisheng and said, “On other days when my finger did this, I always without fail got to taste something extraordinary.” ......When the lord had the high officers partake of the turtle, he called Gongzi Song forward but did not give him any. Furious, Gongzi Song dipped his finger into the cauldron, tasted the turtle, and left.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Chǔ rén xiàn yuán yú Zhènglínggōng. Gōngzǐ Sòng yǔ Zǐjiā jiāng jiàn, Zǐgōng zhī shízhǐ dòng, yǐ shì Zǐjiā, yuē: ‘Tārì wǒ rúcǐ, bì cháng yìwèi.’...... Jí shí dàfū yuán, zhào Zǐgōng ér fú yǔ yě. Zǐgōng nù, rǎn zhǐ yúdǐng, cháng zhī ér chū.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "楚人獻黿於鄭靈公。公子宋與子家將見，子公之食指動，以示子家，曰：‘他日我如此，必嘗異味。’……及食大夫黿，召子公而弗與也。子公怒，染指於鼎，嘗之而出。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "People from Chu presented a large turtle to Lord Ling of Zheng. Gongzi Song and Gongzi Guisheng were about to have an audience with the lord. Gongzi Song’s index finger moved involuntarily. He showed it to Gongzi Guisheng and said, “On other days when my finger did this, I always without fail got to taste something extraordinary.” ......When the lord had the high officers partake of the turtle, he called Gongzi Song forward but did not give him any. Furious, Gongzi Song dipped his finger into the cauldron, tasted the turtle, and left.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Chǔ rén xiàn yuán yú Zhènglínggōng. Gōngzǐ Sòng yǔ Zǐjiā jiāng jiàn, Zǐgōng zhī shízhǐ dòng, yǐ shì Zǐjiā, yuē: ‘Tārì wǒ rúcǐ, bì cháng yìwèi.’...... Jí shí dàfū yuán, zhào Zǐgōng ér fú yǔ yě. Zǐgōng nù, rǎn zhǐ yúdǐng, cháng zhī ér chū.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "楚人献鼋于郑灵公。公子宋与子家将见，子公之食指动，以示子家，曰：‘他日我如此，必尝异味。’……及食大夫鼋，召子公而弗与也。子公怒，染指于鼎，尝之而出。",
      "type": "quote"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to dip a finger"
      ],
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        "(literally) to dip a finger"
      ],
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        "to encroach on; to have a hand in"
      ],
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          "encroach"
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          "hand",
          "hand"
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        "to meddle in; to interfere in"
      ],
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          "meddle",
          "meddle"
        ],
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          "interfere",
          "interfere"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rǎnzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄢˇ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jim⁵ zi²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "jiám-cháiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rǎnzhǐ [Phonetic:ránzhǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rǎnjhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jan³-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rǎn-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "raanjyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "жаньчжи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žanʹčži"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yíhm jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jim⁵ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yim⁵ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːm¹³ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiám-cháiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiám-tsáinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiafmzvae"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sãi⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyemX|nyemH tsyijX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*C.n[a]mʔ mə.kijʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*njomʔ|njoms kjiʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: ránzhǐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːm¹³ t͡siː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sãi⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ziam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[a]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*njomʔ|njoms kjiʔ/"
    }
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  "word": "染指"
}

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