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{
"form": "留返啖气暖肚",
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},
{
"form": "留返啖氣暖下肚",
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"form": "留返啖气暖下肚",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "save one's gas to keep one's stomach warm",
"pos": "phrase",
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38,
76
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15
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],
"english": "It's no use telling him. You'd better save your breath to cool your porridge!",
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],
"roman": "tung⁴ keoi⁵ gong² dou¹ saai¹ hei³, nei⁵ lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyun⁵ haa⁵ tou⁵ hou² gwo³ laa¹!",
"tags": [
"Jyutping",
"Cantonese"
],
"text": "同佢講都嘥氣，你留返啖氣暖下肚好過啦！",
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"english": "It's no use telling him. You'd better save your breath to cool your porridge!",
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"roman": "tung⁴ keoi⁵ gong² dou¹ saai¹ hei³, nei⁵ lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyun⁵ haa⁵ tou⁵ hou² gwo³ laa¹!",
"tags": [
"Jyutping",
"Cantonese"
],
"text": "同佢讲都嘥气，你留返啖气暖下肚好过啦！",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to save one's breath"
],
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"(Cantonese) to save one's breath"
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"zh-pron": "lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyun⁵ to⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "làuh fāan daahm hei nyúhn tóh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyn⁵ to⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "leo⁴ fan¹ dam⁶ héi³ nün⁵ to⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɐu̯²¹ faːn⁵⁵ taːm²² hei̯³³ nyːn¹³ tʰɔː¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/lɐu̯²¹ faːn⁵⁵ taːm²² hei̯³³ nyːn¹³ tʰɔː¹³/"
}
],
"word": "留返啖氣暖肚"
}
{
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},
{
"form": "留返啖氣暖下肚",
"tags": [
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"form": "留返啖气暖下肚",
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"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 啖",
"Chinese terms spelled with 暖",
"Chinese terms spelled with 氣",
"Chinese terms spelled with 留",
"Chinese terms spelled with 肚",
"Chinese terms spelled with 返",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"english": "It's no use telling him. You'd better save your breath to cool your porridge!",
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],
"roman": "tung⁴ keoi⁵ gong² dou¹ saai¹ hei³, nei⁵ lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyun⁵ haa⁵ tou⁵ hou² gwo³ laa¹!",
"tags": [
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"Cantonese"
],
"text": "同佢講都嘥氣，你留返啖氣暖下肚好過啦！",
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8,
15
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"english": "It's no use telling him. You'd better save your breath to cool your porridge!",
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"Simplified Chinese"
],
"roman": "tung⁴ keoi⁵ gong² dou¹ saai¹ hei³, nei⁵ lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyun⁵ haa⁵ tou⁵ hou² gwo³ laa¹!",
"tags": [
"Jyutping",
"Cantonese"
],
"text": "同佢讲都嘥气，你留返啖气暖下肚好过啦！",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to save one's breath"
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"(Cantonese) to save one's breath"
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"idiomatic"
]
}
],
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"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyun⁵ to⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "làuh fāan daahm hei nyúhn tóh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyn⁵ to⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "leo⁴ fan¹ dam⁶ héi³ nün⁵ to⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɐu̯²¹ faːn⁵⁵ taːm²² hei̯³³ nyːn¹³ tʰɔː¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/lɐu̯²¹ faːn⁵⁵ taːm²² hei̯³³ nyːn¹³ tʰɔː¹³/"
}
],
"word": "留返啖氣暖肚"
}
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