當頭棒喝 in Chinese

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    {
      "form": "当头棒喝",
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "當頭棒喝",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Buddhism",
          "orig": "zh:Buddhism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to receive a blow with a stick or a yell by his master to bring about instant realization or awakening"
      ],
      "id": "en-當頭棒喝-zh-phrase-rae8tpJi",
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "receive",
          "receive"
        ],
        [
          "blow",
          "blow"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ],
        [
          "yell",
          "yell"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "instant",
          "instant"
        ],
        [
          "realization",
          "realization"
        ],
        [
          "awakening",
          "awakening"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Buddhism, of a novice monk) to receive a blow with a stick or a yell by his master to bring about instant realization or awakening"
      ],
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        "of a novice monk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "_dis": "14 86",
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        },
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          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stern warning; wake-up call"
      ],
      "id": "en-當頭棒喝-zh-phrase-itqj-wQ7",
      "links": [
        [
          "stern",
          "stern"
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          "warning",
          "warning"
        ],
        [
          "wake-up call",
          "wake-up call"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) stern warning; wake-up call"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dāngtóubànghè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄤˋ ㄏㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dong¹ tau⁴ paang⁵ hot³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dāngtóubànghè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄤˋ ㄏㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dangtóubànghè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tang¹-tʻou²-pang⁴-ho⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dāng-tóu-bàng-hè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dangtourbanqheh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dantoubanxɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дантоубанхэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɤ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dong¹ tau⁴ paang⁵ hot³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dōng tàuh páahng hot"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dong¹ tau⁴ paang⁵ hot⁸"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dong¹ teo⁴ pang⁵ hod³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ pʰaːŋ¹³ hɔːt̚³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "當頭棒喝"
}

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    "Chinese chengyu",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 喝",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 棒",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 當",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "当头棒喝",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "當頭棒喝",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Buddhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to receive a blow with a stick or a yell by his master to bring about instant realization or awakening"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "receive",
          "receive"
        ],
        [
          "blow",
          "blow"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ],
        [
          "yell",
          "yell"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "instant",
          "instant"
        ],
        [
          "realization",
          "realization"
        ],
        [
          "awakening",
          "awakening"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism, of a novice monk) to receive a blow with a stick or a yell by his master to bring about instant realization or awakening"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a novice monk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stern warning; wake-up call"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stern",
          "stern"
        ],
        [
          "warning",
          "warning"
        ],
        [
          "wake-up call",
          "wake-up call"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) stern warning; wake-up call"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dāngtóubànghè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄤˋ ㄏㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dong¹ tau⁴ paang⁵ hot³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dāngtóubànghè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄤˋ ㄏㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dangtóubànghè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tang¹-tʻou²-pang⁴-ho⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dāng-tóu-bàng-hè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dangtourbanqheh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dantoubanxɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дантоубанхэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɤ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dong¹ tau⁴ paang⁵ hot³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dōng tàuh páahng hot"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dong¹ tau⁴ paang⁵ hot⁸"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dong¹ teo⁴ pang⁵ hod³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ pʰaːŋ¹³ hɔːt̚³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "當頭棒喝"
}

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"當頭棒喝" meaning in Chinese

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