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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "无心插柳柳成荫",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "proverb"
},
"expansion": "無心插柳柳成蔭",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "unwittingly plant a willow tree which later provides shade",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese proverbs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese proverbs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin proverbs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "yǒuxīn zāi huā huā bù kāi, wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn",
"word": "有心栽花花不開，無心插柳柳成蔭 / 有心栽花花不开，无心插柳柳成荫"
},
{
"word": "有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰"
},
{
"word": "有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to do something which unintentionally returns positive results"
],
"id": "en-無心插柳柳成蔭-zh-proverb-DXy0FGs7",
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "wúxīn chā liǔ",
"word": "無心插柳"
},
{
"roman": "wúxīn chā liǔ",
"word": "无心插柳"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄣˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ sam¹ caap³ lau⁵ lau⁵ sing⁴ jam³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn [Phonetic: wúxīnchāliúliǔchéngyìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄣˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúsin cha liǒu liǒu chéng yìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wu²-hsin¹ chʻa¹ liu³ liu³ chʻêng² yin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wú-syīn chā lyǒu lyǒu chéng yìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wushin cha leou leou cherng yinn"
},
{
"roman": "usinʹ ča lju lju čɛn inʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "усинь ча лю лю чэн инь"
},
{
"ipa": "/u³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ in⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ sam¹ caap³ lau⁵ lau⁵ sing⁴ jam³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mòuh sām chaap láuh láuh sìhng yam"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ sam¹ tsaap⁸ lau⁵ lau⁵ sing⁴ jam³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ sem¹ cab³ leo⁵ leo⁵ xing⁴ yem³"
},
{
"ipa": "/mou̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːp̚³ lɐu̯¹³ lɐu̯¹³ sɪŋ²¹ jɐm³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "無心插柳柳成蔭"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"roman": "yǒuxīn zāi huā huā bù kāi, wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn",
"word": "有心栽花花不開，無心插柳柳成蔭 / 有心栽花花不开，无心插柳柳成荫"
},
{
"word": "有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰"
},
{
"word": "有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "无心插柳柳成荫",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "proverb"
},
"expansion": "無心插柳柳成蔭",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "unwittingly plant a willow tree which later provides shade",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 心",
"Chinese terms spelled with 成",
"Chinese terms spelled with 插",
"Chinese terms spelled with 柳",
"Chinese terms spelled with 無",
"Chinese terms spelled with 蔭",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to do something which unintentionally returns positive results"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄣˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ sam¹ caap³ lau⁵ lau⁵ sing⁴ jam³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn [Phonetic: wúxīnchāliúliǔchéngyìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄣˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúsin cha liǒu liǒu chéng yìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wu²-hsin¹ chʻa¹ liu³ liu³ chʻêng² yin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wú-syīn chā lyǒu lyǒu chéng yìn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wushin cha leou leou cherng yinn"
},
{
"roman": "usinʹ ča lju lju čɛn inʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "усинь ча лю лю чэн инь"
},
{
"ipa": "/u³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ in⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ sam¹ caap³ lau⁵ lau⁵ sing⁴ jam³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mòuh sām chaap láuh láuh sìhng yam"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ sam¹ tsaap⁸ lau⁵ lau⁵ sing⁴ jam³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ sem¹ cab³ leo⁵ leo⁵ xing⁴ yem³"
},
{
"ipa": "/mou̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːp̚³ lɐu̯¹³ lɐu̯¹³ sɪŋ²¹ jɐm³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "wúxīn chā liǔ",
"word": "無心插柳"
},
{
"roman": "wúxīn chā liǔ",
"word": "无心插柳"
}
],
"word": "無心插柳柳成蔭"
}
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