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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "无补于事",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "無補於事",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"synonym of 於事無補 /于事无补 (yúshìwúbǔ, “unhelpful or useless to the situation”)"
],
"id": "en-無補於事-zh-phrase-~zViHpir",
"links": [
[
"於事無補",
"於事無補#Chinese"
],
[
"于事无补",
"于事无补#Chinese"
],
[
"unhelpful",
"unhelpful"
],
[
"useless",
"useless"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"extra": "yúshìwúbǔ, “unhelpful or useless to the situation”",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "於事無補 /于事无补"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúbǔyúshì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄩˊ ㄕˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ bou² jyu¹ si⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúbǔyúshì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄩˊ ㄕˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúbǔyúshìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wu²-pu³-yü²-shih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wú-bǔ-yú-shr̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wubuuyushyh"
},
{
"roman": "ubujujši",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "убуюйши"
},
{
"ipa": "/u³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ bou² jyu¹ si⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mòuh bóu yū sih"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ bou² jy¹ si⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ bou² yu¹ xi⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/mou̯²¹ pou̯³⁵ jyː⁵⁵ siː²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "無補於事"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "无补于事",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "無補於事",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 事",
"Chinese terms spelled with 於",
"Chinese terms spelled with 無",
"Chinese terms spelled with 補",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"synonym of 於事無補 /于事无补 (yúshìwúbǔ, “unhelpful or useless to the situation”)"
],
"links": [
[
"於事無補",
"於事無補#Chinese"
],
[
"于事无补",
"于事无补#Chinese"
],
[
"unhelpful",
"unhelpful"
],
[
"useless",
"useless"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"extra": "yúshìwúbǔ, “unhelpful or useless to the situation”",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "於事無補 /于事无补"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúbǔyúshì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄩˊ ㄕˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ bou² jyu¹ si⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúbǔyúshì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄩˊ ㄕˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wúbǔyúshìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wu²-pu³-yü²-shih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wú-bǔ-yú-shr̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wubuuyushyh"
},
{
"roman": "ubujujši",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "убуюйши"
},
{
"ipa": "/u³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ bou² jyu¹ si⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "mòuh bóu yū sih"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ bou² jy¹ si⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁴ bou² yu¹ xi⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/mou̯²¹ pou̯³⁵ jyː⁵⁵ siː²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "無補於事"
}
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