"紆尊降貴" meaning in Chinese

See 紆尊降貴 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /y⁵⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jyː⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³³ kʷɐi̯³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 纡尊降贵 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 紆尊降貴
  1. to condescend; to descend to a less dignified level and act humbly Tags: idiomatic
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "纡尊降贵",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "紆尊降貴",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to condescend; to descend to a less dignified level and act humbly"
      ],
      "id": "en-紆尊降貴-zh-phrase-wCylNI56",
      "links": [
        [
          "condescend",
          "condescend"
        ],
        [
          "descend",
          "descend"
        ],
        [
          "dignified",
          "dignified"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "humbly",
          "humbly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yūzūnjiàngguì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu¹ zyun¹ gong³ gwai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yūzūnjiàngguì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuzunjiàngguèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yü¹-tsun¹-chiang⁴-kuei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yū-dzwūn-jyàng-gwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iutzuenjianqguey"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jujczunʹczjanguj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юйцзуньцзянгуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/y⁵⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu¹ zyun¹ gong³ gwai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yū jyūn gong gwai"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jy¹ dzyn¹ gong³ gwai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu¹ jun¹ gong³ guei³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³³ kʷɐi̯³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "紆尊降貴"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "纡尊降贵",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "紆尊降貴",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 尊",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 紆",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 貴",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 降",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to condescend; to descend to a less dignified level and act humbly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "condescend",
          "condescend"
        ],
        [
          "descend",
          "descend"
        ],
        [
          "dignified",
          "dignified"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "humbly",
          "humbly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yūzūnjiàngguì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu¹ zyun¹ gong³ gwai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yūzūnjiàngguì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄩ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yuzunjiàngguèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yü¹-tsun¹-chiang⁴-kuei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yū-dzwūn-jyàng-gwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iutzuenjianqguey"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jujczunʹczjanguj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "юйцзуньцзянгуй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/y⁵⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu¹ zyun¹ gong³ gwai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yū jyūn gong gwai"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jy¹ dzyn¹ gong³ gwai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu¹ jun¹ gong³ guei³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³³ kʷɐi̯³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "紆尊降貴"
}

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