See 班門弄斧 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "baan¹ mun⁴ lung⁶ fu²"
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{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
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"zh_pron": "pan-bûn-lōng-hú"
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{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
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"zh_pron": "banménnòngfǔ"
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{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pan¹-mên²-nung⁴-fu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bān-mén-nùng-fǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "banmennonqfuu"
},
{
"roman": "banʹmɛnʹnunfu",
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
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"zh_pron": "баньмэньнунфу"
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{
"ipa": "/pän⁵⁵ mən³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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},
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"ipa": "/paːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹ lʊŋ²² fuː³⁵/",
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"Hong Kong"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"General Taiwanese"
],
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "pan-bûn-lōng-hú"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
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"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
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"zh_pron": "panbunloxnghuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/pan⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁵³/",
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
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"General Taiwanese"
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
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{
"ipa": "/pan⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁵³/",
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"General Taiwanese"
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
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},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "panbunloxngpor"
},
{
"ipa": "/pan⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "孔夫子門前賣文章"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "孔夫子门前卖文章"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Guāngōng miànqián shuǎ dàdāo",
"word": "關公面前耍大刀"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Guāngōng miànqián shuǎ dàdāo",
"word": "关公面前耍大刀"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "關帝爺面前舞關刀"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "关帝爷面前舞关刀"
}
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"Lu Ban"
],
"word": "班門弄斧"
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"Chinese terms spelled with 門",
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"literal_meaning": "brandish an axe at Ban's gate",
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"to show off one's inferior talent or skill in front of an expert"
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"humble",
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[
"show off",
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"talent",
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"(sometimes humble) to show off one's inferior talent or skill in front of an expert"
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"to teach an expert how to do things"
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"teach",
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"zh_pron": "bānménnòngfǔ"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄢ ㄇㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄨˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "baan¹ mun⁴ lung⁶ fu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "pan-bûn-lōng-hú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "pan-bûn-lōng-pó͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bānménnòngfǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄢ ㄇㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄨˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "banménnòngfǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pan¹-mên²-nung⁴-fu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bān-mén-nùng-fǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "banmennonqfuu"
},
{
"roman": "banʹmɛnʹnunfu",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "баньмэньнунфу"
},
{
"ipa": "/pän⁵⁵ mən³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "baan¹ mun⁴ lung⁶ fu²"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
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"zh_pron": "bāan mùhn luhng fú"
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"zh_pron": "baan¹ mun⁴ lung⁶ fu²"
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
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"zh_pron": "ban¹ mun⁴ lung⁶ fu²"
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{
"ipa": "/paːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹ lʊŋ²² fuː³⁵/",
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"Hong Kong"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "pan-bûn-lōng-hú"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "pan-bûn-lōng-hú"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "panbunloxnghuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/pan⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu⁵³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pan⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³⁻³³ lɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu⁴¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pan⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hu⁵³/",
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"Hokkien",
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"IPA",
"Taipei"
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},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "pan-bûn-lōng-pó͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "pan-bûn-lōng-póo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "panbunloxngpor"
},
{
"ipa": "/pan⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
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{
"word": "孔夫子門前賣文章"
},
{
"word": "孔夫子门前卖文章"
},
{
"roman": "Guāngōng miànqián shuǎ dàdāo",
"word": "關公面前耍大刀"
},
{
"roman": "Guāngōng miànqián shuǎ dàdāo",
"word": "关公面前耍大刀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "關帝爺面前舞關刀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "关帝爷面前舞关刀"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Lu Ban"
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"word": "班門弄斧"
}
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