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"1": "寄 蜉蝣 於 天地 ， 渺 浮 海 之 一 粟 。",
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"expansion": "寄蜉蝣於天地，渺浮海之一粟。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]寄蜉蝣于天地，渺浮海之一粟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nJì fúyóu yú tiāndì, miǎo fú hǎi zhī yī sù. [Pinyin]\nWe are like mayflies wandering in this terrestrial world or a grain of millet drifting on a deep ocean.",
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"etymology_text": "From Su Shi's Former Ode on the Red Cliffs:\n:\n寄蜉蝣於天地，渺浮海之一粟。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]寄蜉蝣于天地，渺浮海之一粟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nJì fúyóu yú tiāndì, miǎo fú hǎi zhī yī sù. [Pinyin]\nWe are like mayflies wandering in this terrestrial world or a grain of millet drifting on a deep ocean.\nIn some versions of the original text, 浮海 (fú hǎi, “floating in the ocean”) is written as 滄海／沧海 (cānghǎi, “large ocean”).",
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"zh-pron": "ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ ㄧ ㄙㄨˋ"
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"ipa": "/t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ su⁵¹/",
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"zh-pron": "cong¹ hoi² yed¹ sug¹"
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