老牛食幼筍 in Chinese

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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "old cow eating young bamboo shoots",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "(Puxian Min) May-December relationship; to rob the cradle; a romance where one partner is significantly older than the other"
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          "word": "老牛吃嫩草"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "老牛吃嫩草"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Harbin"
          ],
          "word": "老來啃青"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "老牛食嫩草"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Miaoli",
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "老牛食嫩草"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Pingtung"
          ],
          "word": "老牛食嫩草"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hsinchu-County"
          ],
          "word": "老牛食嫩草"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung"
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          "word": "老牛食嫩草"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin"
          ],
          "word": "老牛食嫩草"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Puxian-Min"
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          "word": "老牛食幼筍"
        },
        {
          "word": "老牛吃嫩草"
        },
        {
          "word": "Taiwan"
        },
        {
          "word": "Harbin"
        },
        {
          "word": "老來啃青"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hong Kong"
        },
        {
          "word": "老牛食嫩草"
        },
        {
          "alt": "N. Sixian",
          "word": "Miaoli"
        },
        {
          "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
          "word": "Pingtung"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hailu",
            "Zhudong"
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          "word": "Hsinchu County"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Dabu",
            "Dongshi"
          ],
          "word": "Taichung"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
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          "word": "Hsinchu County"
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          "tags": [
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
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          "word": "Yunlin"
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        {
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
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        "Puxian-Min"
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      "zh_pron": "lao⁵ gu² sia⁷ iu⁴ song³"
    },
    {
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Puxian-Min"
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Puxian-Min"
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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      "zh_pron": "lao⁵ gu² sia⁵ iu¹ suong³"
    },
    {
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        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "老牛食幼筍"
}

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    {
      "form": "老牛食幼笋",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "old cow eating young bamboo shoots",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
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      "glosses": [
        "May-December relationship; to rob the cradle; a romance where one partner is significantly older than the other"
      ],
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          "rob the cradle"
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    },
    {
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Puxian-Min"
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    },
    {
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
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        "Puxian-Min"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau¹¹ ku¹³ ɬia¹³⁻¹¹ iu⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ɬɔŋ⁴⁵³/",
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        "Putian"
      ],
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Puxian-Min"
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      "zh_pron": "lao⁵ gu² sia⁷ iu⁴ suong³"
    },
    {
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        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao⁵ gu² sia⁵ iu¹ suong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau²¹ ku²⁴ ɬia²⁴⁻²¹ iu⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ɬuoŋ³³²/",
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        "Puxian-Min",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "老牛吃嫩草"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "老牛吃嫩草"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Harbin"
      ],
      "word": "老來啃青"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "老牛食嫩草"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "老牛食嫩草"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Pingtung"
      ],
      "word": "老牛食嫩草"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "老牛食嫩草"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "老牛食嫩草"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "老牛食嫩草"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin"
      ],
      "word": "老牛食嫩草"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "老牛食幼筍"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "老牛食幼筍"
    },
    {
      "word": "老牛吃嫩草"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Harbin"
    },
    {
      "word": "老來啃青"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "word": "老牛食嫩草"
    },
    {
      "alt": "N. Sixian",
      "word": "Miaoli"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
      "word": "Pingtung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dabu",
        "Dongshi"
      ],
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "Yunlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Putian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xianyou"
    }
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  "word": "老牛食幼筍"
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"老牛食幼筍" meaning in Chinese

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