See 舉頭三尺有神明 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "There are gods three feet above your head",
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"roman": "rén zài zuò, tiān zài kàn",
"word": "人在做，天在看"
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"word": "攑頭三尺有神明"
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},
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"sounds": [
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"zh_pron": "jǔtóu sān chǐ yǒu shénmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄩˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄙㄢ ㄔˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "geoi² tau⁴ saam¹ cek³ jau⁵ san⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jǔtóu sān chǐ yǒu shénmíng [Phonetic: jǔtóusānchíyǒushénmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄩˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄙㄢ ㄔˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jyǔtóu san chǐh yǒu shénmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chü³-tʻou² san¹ chʻih³ yu³ shên²-ming²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyǔ-tóu sān chř yǒu shén-míng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jeutour san chyy yeou shernming"
},
{
"roman": "czjujtou sanʹ či ju šɛnʹmin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзюйтоу сань чи ю шэньмин"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵ miŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "geoi² tau⁴ saam¹ cek³ jau⁵ san⁴ ming⁴"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "géui tàuh sāam chek yáuh sàhn mìhng"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "goey² tau⁴ saam¹ tsek⁸ jau⁵ san⁴ ming⁴"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
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"zh_pron": "gêu² teo⁴ sam¹ cég³ yeo⁵ sen⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɵy̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛːk̚³ jɐu̯¹³ sɐn²¹ mɪŋ²¹/",
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"word": "舉頭三尺有神明"
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"literal_meaning": "There are gods three feet above your head",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 尺",
"Chinese terms spelled with 明",
"Chinese terms spelled with 有",
"Chinese terms spelled with 神",
"Chinese terms spelled with 舉",
"Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
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"Mandarin lemmas",
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"The gods are watching, so don't think you can get away with anything."
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"zh_pron": "jǔtóu sān chǐ yǒu shénmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄩˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄙㄢ ㄔˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "geoi² tau⁴ saam¹ cek³ jau⁵ san⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jǔtóu sān chǐ yǒu shénmíng [Phonetic: jǔtóusānchíyǒushénmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄩˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄙㄢ ㄔˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jyǔtóu san chǐh yǒu shénmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chü³-tʻou² san¹ chʻih³ yu³ shên²-ming²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyǔ-tóu sān chř yǒu shén-míng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jeutour san chyy yeou shernming"
},
{
"roman": "czjujtou sanʹ či ju šɛnʹmin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзюйтоу сань чи ю шэньмин"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵ miŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "geoi² tau⁴ saam¹ cek³ jau⁵ san⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "géui tàuh sāam chek yáuh sàhn mìhng"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "goey² tau⁴ saam¹ tsek⁸ jau⁵ san⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "gêu² teo⁴ sam¹ cég³ yeo⁵ sen⁴ ming⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɵy̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛːk̚³ jɐu̯¹³ sɐn²¹ mɪŋ²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Xiamen"
],
"word": "攑頭三尺有神明"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Quanzhou"
],
"word": "攑頭三尺有神明"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Zhangzhou"
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"word": "攑頭三尺有神明"
},
{
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"word": "攑頭三尺有神明"
}
],
"word": "舉頭三尺有神明"
}
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