美中不足 in Chinese

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 ㄓㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 美中不足

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      "expansion": "美中不足",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "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": [
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      "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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        "2": "idiom"
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      "expansion": "美中不足",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas"
      ],
      "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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"美中不足" meaning in Chinese

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