See 絞盡腦汁 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"expansion": "絞盡腦汁",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to squeeze out all the brain juice",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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],
"glosses": [
"to rack one's brain"
],
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"rack one's brain",
"rack one's brain"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gaau² zeon⁶ nou⁵ zap¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "ká-chīn-náu-chiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎojìnnǎojhih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chiao³-chin⁴-nao³-chih¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jr̄"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jeaujinnnaojy"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяоцзиньнаочжи"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "czjaoczinʹnaočži"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhīr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎojìnnǎojhihr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chiao³-chin⁴-nao³-chih¹-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jīr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jeaujinnnaojel"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяоцзиньнаочжир"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjaoczinʹnaočžir"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gáau jeuhn nóuh jāp"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gaau² dzoen⁶ nou⁵ dzap⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gao² zên⁶ nou⁵ zeb¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵn²² nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "ká-chīn-náu-chiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "ká-tsīn-náu-tsiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kafcixnnawciab"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² nãu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siap̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵn²² nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² nãu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siap̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/"
}
],
"word": "絞盡腦汁"
}
{
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{
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"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
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}
],
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"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
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"name": "head"
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to squeeze out all the brain juice",
"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 汁",
"Chinese terms spelled with 盡",
"Chinese terms spelled with 絞",
"Chinese terms spelled with 腦",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"zh:Thinking"
],
"glosses": [
"to rack one's brain"
],
"links": [
[
"rack one's brain",
"rack one's brain"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gaau² zeon⁶ nou⁵ zap¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "ká-chīn-náu-chiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎojìnnǎojhih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chiao³-chin⁴-nao³-chih¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jr̄"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jeaujinnnaojy"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяоцзиньнаочжи"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "czjaoczinʹnaočži"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhīr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎojìnnǎojhihr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chiao³-chin⁴-nao³-chih¹-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jīr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jeaujinnnaojel"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяоцзиньнаочжир"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjaoczinʹnaočžir"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gáau jeuhn nóuh jāp"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gaau² dzoen⁶ nou⁵ dzap⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gao² zên⁶ nou⁵ zeb¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵn²² nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "ká-chīn-náu-chiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "ká-tsīn-náu-tsiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kafcixnnawciab"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² nãu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siap̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵn²² nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² nãu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siap̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/"
}
],
"word": "絞盡腦汁"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 絞盡腦汁 meaning in Chinese (4.6kB)
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