虎無爪，鳥無翼 in Chinese

IPA: /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵¹/ Chinese transliterations: hǔ wú zhuǎ, niǎo wú yì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hǔ wú zhuǎ, niǎo wú yì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄏㄨˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], hǔ wú jhuǎ, niǎo wú yì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hu³ wu² chua³, niao³ wu² i⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], hǔ wú jwǎ-, nyǎu wú yì [Mandarin, Yale, standard], huu wu joa, neau wu yih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], ху у чжуа [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], няо у и [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xu u čžua [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], njao u i [Mandarin, Palladius, standard] Forms: 虎无爪，鸟无翼 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 虎無爪，鳥無翼

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "虎无爪，鸟无翼",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "a tiger without claws, a bird without wings",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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      "glosses": [
        "a useless individual"
      ],
      "id": "en-虎無爪，鳥無翼-zh-phrase-h1izWMfG",
      "links": [
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ wú zhuǎ, niǎo wú yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ wú zhuǎ, niǎo wú yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ wú jhuǎ, niǎo wú yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hu³ wu² chua³, niao³ wu² i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ wú jwǎ-, nyǎu wú yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huu wu joa, neau wu yih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ху у чжуа"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "няо у и"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xu u čžua"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "njao u i"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "虎無爪，鳥無翼"
}

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    {
      "form": "虎无爪，鸟无翼",
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      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "a tiger without claws, a bird without wings",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 爪",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 翼",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 虎",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 鳥",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a useless individual"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ wú zhuǎ, niǎo wú yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ wú zhuǎ, niǎo wú yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ wú jhuǎ, niǎo wú yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hu³ wu² chua³, niao³ wu² i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǔ wú jwǎ-, nyǎu wú yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huu wu joa, neau wu yih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ху у чжуа"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "няо у и"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xu u čžua"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "njao u i"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "虎無爪，鳥無翼"
}

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"虎無爪，鳥無翼" meaning in Chinese

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