See 蚍蜉撼樹 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "蚍蜉撼树",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "蚍蜉撼樹",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "a big ant shaking a tree",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to ridiculously overrate oneself; to be self-important"
],
"id": "en-蚍蜉撼樹-zh-phrase-VjMBdGaA",
"links": [
[
"ridiculous",
"ridiculous"
],
[
"overrate",
"overrate"
],
[
"self-important",
"self-important"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "pífúhàndàshù",
"word": "蚍蜉撼大樹／蚍蜉撼大树"
},
{
"roman": "pífúhàndàshù",
"word": "蚍蜉撼大樹"
},
{
"roman": "pífúhàndàshù",
"word": "蚍蜉撼大树"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "pífúhànshù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ syu⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "pífúhànshù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "pífúhànshù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pʻi²-fu²-han⁴-shu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "pí-fú-hàn-shù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "pyifwuhannshuh"
},
{
"roman": "pifuxanʹšu",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "пифуханьшу"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi³⁵ fu³⁵ xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ syu⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "pèih fàuh hahm syuh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ sy⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "péi⁴ feo⁴ hem⁶ xu⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰei̯²¹ fɐu̯²¹ hɐm²² syː²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "蚍蜉撼樹"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "蚍蜉撼树",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "蚍蜉撼樹",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "a big ant shaking a tree",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 撼",
"Chinese terms spelled with 樹",
"Chinese terms spelled with 蚍",
"Chinese terms spelled with 蜉",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to ridiculously overrate oneself; to be self-important"
],
"links": [
[
"ridiculous",
"ridiculous"
],
[
"overrate",
"overrate"
],
[
"self-important",
"self-important"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "pífúhànshù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ syu⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "pífúhànshù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "pífúhànshù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pʻi²-fu²-han⁴-shu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "pí-fú-hàn-shù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "pyifwuhannshuh"
},
{
"roman": "pifuxanʹšu",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "пифуханьшу"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi³⁵ fu³⁵ xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ syu⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "pèih fàuh hahm syuh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ sy⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "péi⁴ feo⁴ hem⁶ xu⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰei̯²¹ fɐu̯²¹ hɐm²² syː²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "pífúhàndàshù",
"word": "蚍蜉撼大樹／蚍蜉撼大树"
},
{
"roman": "pífúhàndàshù",
"word": "蚍蜉撼大樹"
},
{
"roman": "pífúhàndàshù",
"word": "蚍蜉撼大树"
}
],
"word": "蚍蜉撼樹"
}
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