See 經天緯地 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "經 (to weave vertically) + 天 (the heavens) + 緯 (to weave horizontally) + 地 (the earth)",
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"word": "經天緯地之才"
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"glosses": [
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"id": "en-經天緯地-zh-phrase-iODHrYRa",
"links": [
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"talent",
"talent"
],
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"for",
"for"
],
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[
"affairs",
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"state",
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"(a talent for) managing affairs of state"
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],
"zh-pron": "jīngtiānwěidì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ging¹ tin¹ wai⁵ dei⁶"
},
{
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"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
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"zh-pron": "jīngtiānwěidì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jingtianwěidì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ching¹-tʻien¹-wei³-ti⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jīng-tyān-wěi-dì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jingtianwoeidih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "цзинтяньвэйди"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "czintjanʹvɛjdi"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gīng tīn wáih deih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ging¹ tin¹ wai⁵ dei⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ging¹ tin¹ wei⁵ déi⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯¹³ tei̯²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯¹³ tei̯²²/"
}
],
"word": "經天緯地"
}
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"word": "經天緯地之才"
},
{
"word": "经天纬地之才"
}
],
"etymology_text": "經 (to weave vertically) + 天 (the heavens) + 緯 (to weave horizontally) + 地 (the earth)",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 地",
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},
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"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ging¹ tin¹ wai⁵ dei⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jīngtiānwěidì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jingtianwěidì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ching¹-tʻien¹-wei³-ti⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jīng-tyān-wěi-dì"
},
{
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jingtianwoeidih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "цзинтяньвэйди"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "czintjanʹvɛjdi"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gīng tīn wáih deih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ging¹ tin¹ wai⁵ dei⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ging¹ tin¹ wei⁵ déi⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯¹³ tei̯²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯¹³ tei̯²²/"
}
],
"word": "經天緯地"
}
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