See 牛牽到北京也是牛 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "牛牵到北京也是牛",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "An ox brought to Beijing is still an ox",
"pos": "proverb",
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"glosses": [
"a leopard can't change its spots"
],
"id": "en-牛牽到北京也是牛-zh-proverb-YOmhX7gP",
"links": [
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"a leopard can't change its spots",
"a leopard can't change its spots"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Taiwanese Hokkien) a leopard can't change its spots"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "běnxìng nán yí",
"word": "江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移"
},
{
"roman": "jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí",
"word": "江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "牛著是牛，牽到北京猶是牛"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "牛着是牛，牵到北京犹是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛著是牛，牽到北京也是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛着是牛，牵到北京也是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牽到佗位攏是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牵到佗位拢是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牽到佗落攏是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牵到佗落拢是牛"
},
{
"word": "一歲生根，百歲牢老"
},
{
"word": "一岁生根，百岁牢老"
},
{
"word": "一歲生張，百歲牢老"
},
{
"word": "一岁生张，百岁牢老"
}
],
"tags": [
"Taiwanese-Hokkien"
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"sounds": [
{
"zh-pron": "gû khan kàu Pak-kiaⁿ iā sī gû"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gû khan kàu Pak-kiaⁿ iā sī gû"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gû khan kàu Pak-kiann iā sī gû"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "guu qafn kaux pakkviaf ia si guu"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡu²⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kau¹¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴ ia³³⁻¹¹ si³³⁻¹¹ ɡu²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡu²³ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴ ia³³⁻²¹ si³³⁻²¹ ɡu²³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ɡu²⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kau¹¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴ ia³³⁻¹¹ si³³⁻¹¹ ɡu²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡu²³ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴ ia³³⁻²¹ si³³⁻²¹ ɡu²³/"
}
],
"word": "牛牽到北京也是牛"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "An ox brought to Beijing is still an ox",
"pos": "proverb",
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"Chinese lemmas",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 京",
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"(Taiwanese Hokkien) a leopard can't change its spots"
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],
"sounds": [
{
"zh-pron": "gû khan kàu Pak-kiaⁿ iā sī gû"
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"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gû khan kàu Pak-kiaⁿ iā sī gû"
},
{
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"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "guu qafn kaux pakkviaf ia si guu"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡu²⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kau¹¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴ ia³³⁻¹¹ si³³⁻¹¹ ɡu²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡu²³ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴ ia³³⁻²¹ si³³⁻²¹ ɡu²³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡu²⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kau¹¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴ ia³³⁻¹¹ si³³⁻¹¹ ɡu²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡu²³ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴ ia³³⁻²¹ si³³⁻²¹ ɡu²³/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"roman": "běnxìng nán yí",
"word": "江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移"
},
{
"roman": "jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí",
"word": "江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "牛著是牛，牽到北京猶是牛"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "牛着是牛，牵到北京犹是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛著是牛，牽到北京也是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛着是牛，牵到北京也是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牽到佗位攏是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牵到佗位拢是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牽到佗落攏是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牵到佗落拢是牛"
},
{
"word": "一歲生根，百歲牢老"
},
{
"word": "一岁生根，百岁牢老"
},
{
"word": "一歲生張，百歲牢老"
},
{
"word": "一岁生张，百岁牢老"
}
],
"word": "牛牽到北京也是牛"
}
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