See 白手起家 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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"glosses": [
"to go from rags to riches; to start an enterprise from scratch; to build up from nothing; to start from scratch"
],
"id": "en-白手起家-zh-phrase-w71GhNcJ",
"links": [
[
"from rags to riches",
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],
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"start",
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],
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"enterprise",
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"scratch",
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"build up",
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"nothing",
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"start from scratch",
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"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "báishǒuchéngjiā",
"word": "白手成家"
},
{
"roman": "báishǒuxīngjiā",
"word": "白手興家"
},
{
"roman": "báishǒuxīngjiā",
"word": "白手兴家"
}
],
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],
"zh_pron": "báishǒuqǐjiā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "baak⁶ sau² hei² gaa¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "báishǒuqǐjiā [Phonetic: báishóuqǐjiā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "báishǒucǐjia"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pai²-shou³-chʻi³-chia¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bái-shǒu-chǐ-jyā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bairshoouchiijia"
},
{
"roman": "bajšouciczja",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "байшоуцицзя"
},
{
"ipa": "/paɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/",
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"Mandarin",
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"zh_pron": "baak⁶ sau² hei² gaa¹"
},
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "baahk sáu héi gā"
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"zh_pron": "bag⁶ seo² héi² ga¹"
},
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"ipa": "/paːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/",
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"word": "白手起家"
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"to go from rags to riches; to start an enterprise from scratch; to build up from nothing; to start from scratch"
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[
"from rags to riches",
"from rags to riches"
],
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"start",
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"enterprise",
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"scratch",
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[
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "baak⁶ sau² hei² gaa¹"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "báishǒuqǐjiā [Phonetic: báishóuqǐjiā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "báishǒucǐjia"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pai²-shou³-chʻi³-chia¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bái-shǒu-chǐ-jyā"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "bairshoouchiijia"
},
{
"roman": "bajšouciczja",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "байшоуцицзя"
},
{
"ipa": "/paɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "baahk sáu héi gā"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "baak⁹ sau² hei² gaa¹"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
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],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bag⁶ seo² héi² ga¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/paːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/",
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "báishǒuchéngjiā",
"word": "白手成家"
},
{
"roman": "báishǒuxīngjiā",
"word": "白手興家"
},
{
"roman": "báishǒuxīngjiā",
"word": "白手兴家"
}
],
"word": "白手起家"
}
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