See 萬般皆下品，惟有讀書高 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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"zh_pron": "wan⁴-pan¹ chieh¹ hsia⁴-pʻin³"
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"zh_pron": "wei²-yu³ tu²-shu¹ kao¹"
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],
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},
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"ipa": "/wän⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "wei⁴ yeo⁵ dug⁶ xu¹ gou¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːn²² puːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵ haː²² pɐn³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/",
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},
{
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},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄠ"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "wan⁴-pan¹ chieh¹ hsia⁴-pʻin³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wei²-yu³ tu²-shu¹ kao¹"
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{
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"Yale"
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
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"Standard-Chinese",
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"zh_pron": "wei⁴ yeo⁵ dug⁶ xu¹ gou¹"
},
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"ipa": "/maːn²² puːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵ haː²² pɐn³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/",
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"word": "萬般皆下品，惟有讀書高"
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