See 生不逢時 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "生不逢时",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to be born at the wrong time",
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"glosses": [
"to have a rough and ill-fated life"
],
"id": "en-生不逢時-zh-phrase-pkrA4f6L",
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"rough",
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[
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"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "shēngbùféngchén",
"word": "生不逢辰"
},
{
"roman": "mìngtúduōchuǎn",
"word": "命途多舛"
}
],
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}
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],
"zh_pron": "shēngbùféngshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sang¹ bat¹ fung⁴ si⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shēngbùféngshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shengbùfóngshíh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "shêng¹-pu⁴-fêng²-shih²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "shēng-bù-féng-shŕ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shengbuferngshyr"
},
{
"roman": "šɛnbufɛnši",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "шэнбуфэнши"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "sang¹ bat¹ fung⁴ si⁴"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "sāng bāt fùhng sìh"
},
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"zh_pron": "seng¹ bed¹ fung⁴ xi⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fʊŋ²¹ siː²¹/",
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"Guangzhou",
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"word": "生不逢時"
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},
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
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],
"zh_pron": "sang¹ bat¹ fung⁴ si⁴"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shēngbùféngshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "shengbùfóngshíh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "shêng¹-pu⁴-fêng²-shih²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "shēng-bù-féng-shŕ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shengbuferngshyr"
},
{
"roman": "šɛnbufɛnši",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "шэнбуфэнши"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "sang¹ bat¹ fung⁴ si⁴"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sāng bāt fùhng sìh"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sang¹ bat⁷ fung⁴ si⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "seng¹ bed¹ fung⁴ xi⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fʊŋ²¹ siː²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "shēngbùféngchén",
"word": "生不逢辰"
},
{
"roman": "mìngtúduōchuǎn",
"word": "命途多舛"
}
],
"word": "生不逢時"
}
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