"美中不足" meaning in Chinese

See 美中不足 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mei̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/, /mei̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: měizhōngbùzú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mei⁵ zung¹ bat¹ zuk¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], měizhōngbùzú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], měijhongbùzú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], mei³-chung¹-pu⁴-tsu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], měi-jūng-bù-dzú [Mandarin, Yale], meeijongbutzwu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], мэйчжунбуцзу [Mandarin, Palladius], mɛjčžunbuczu [Mandarin, Palladius], méih jūng bāt jūk [Cantonese, Yale], mei⁵ dzung¹ bat⁷ dzuk⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], méi⁵ zung¹ bed¹ zug¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 美中不足
  1. to be almost perfect; to be a fly in the ointment; to be a blemish in an otherwise perfect thing Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-美中不足-zh-phrase-WvOZdjg0 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be almost perfect; to be a fly in the ointment; to be a blemish in an otherwise perfect thing"
      ],
      "id": "en-美中不足-zh-phrase-WvOZdjg0",
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "perfect",
          "perfect"
        ],
        [
          "fly in the ointment",
          "fly in the ointment"
        ],
        [
          "blemish",
          "blemish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měizhōngbùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ zung¹ bat¹ zuk¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měizhōngbùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měijhongbùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-chung¹-pu⁴-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-jūng-bù-dzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeijongbutzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйчжунбуцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjčžunbuczu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méih jūng bāt jūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ dzung¹ bat⁷ dzuk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵ zung¹ bed¹ zug¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "美中不足"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 中",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 美",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 足",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be almost perfect; to be a fly in the ointment; to be a blemish in an otherwise perfect thing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "perfect",
          "perfect"
        ],
        [
          "fly in the ointment",
          "fly in the ointment"
        ],
        [
          "blemish",
          "blemish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měizhōngbùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ zung¹ bat¹ zuk¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měizhōngbùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měijhongbùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei³-chung¹-pu⁴-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "měi-jūng-bù-dzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meeijongbutzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "мэйчжунбуцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mɛjčžunbuczu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méih jūng bāt jūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵ dzung¹ bat⁷ dzuk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵ zung¹ bed¹ zug¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "美中不足"
}

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