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"1": "朝{zhāo} 悔 其 行，暮 已 復 然。蠅營狗苟，驅 去 復 還{huán}。",
"2": "In the morning, I regret my behavior, but in the evening, it all returns to the same. The five ghosts attached to me, I can't drive them away. (This is to say that he holds his good qualities very firmly, hence 蠅營狗苟 here should be understood literally.)",
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"ref": "Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, 《送窮文》"
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"expansion": "朝悔其行，暮已復然。蠅營狗苟，驅去復還。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n朝悔其行，暮已复然。蝇营狗苟，驱去复还。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, 《送窮文》\nZhāo huǐ qí xíng, mù yǐ fù rán. Yíngyínggǒugǒu, qū qù fù huán. [Pinyin]\nIn the morning, I regret my behavior, but in the evening, it all returns to the same. The five ghosts attached to me, I can't drive them away. (This is to say that he holds his good qualities very firmly, hence 蠅營狗苟 here should be understood literally.)",
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"etymology_text": "朝悔其行，暮已復然。蠅營狗苟，驅去復還。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n朝悔其行，暮已复然。蝇营狗苟，驱去复还。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, 《送窮文》\nZhāo huǐ qí xíng, mù yǐ fù rán. Yíngyínggǒugǒu, qū qù fù huán. [Pinyin]\nIn the morning, I regret my behavior, but in the evening, it all returns to the same. The five ghosts attached to me, I can't drive them away. (This is to say that he holds his good qualities very firmly, hence 蠅營狗苟 here should be understood literally.)",
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"glosses": [
"to shamelessly seek personal gain; profit by ingratiating oneself with the rich"
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"id": "en-蠅營狗苟-zh-phrase-DrG6Cto7",
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"(figuratively) to shamelessly seek personal gain; profit by ingratiating oneself with the rich"
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"zh-pron": "yíngyínggǒugǒu"
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"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄡˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "yíngyínggǒugǒu [Phonetic:yíngyínggóugǒu]"
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yíngyínggǒugǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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"zh-pron": "ying²-ying²-kou³-kou³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "yíng-yíng-gǒu-gǒu"
},
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"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yngynggoougoou"
},
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"zh-pron": "инъингоугоу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "inʺingougou"
},
{
"ipa": "/iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh-pron": "ying yweng kuwX kuwX"
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"other": "[Phonetic: yíngyínggóugǒu]"
},
{
"ipa": "/iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"1": "朝{zhāo} 悔 其 行，暮 已 復 然。蠅營狗苟，驅 去 復 還{huán}。",
"2": "In the morning, I regret my behavior, but in the evening, it all returns to the same. The five ghosts attached to me, I can't drive them away. (This is to say that he holds his good qualities very firmly, hence 蠅營狗苟 here should be understood literally.)",
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"expansion": "朝悔其行，暮已復然。蠅營狗苟，驅去復還。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n朝悔其行，暮已复然。蝇营狗苟，驱去复还。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, 《送窮文》\nZhāo huǐ qí xíng, mù yǐ fù rán. Yíngyínggǒugǒu, qū qù fù huán. [Pinyin]\nIn the morning, I regret my behavior, but in the evening, it all returns to the same. The five ghosts attached to me, I can't drive them away. (This is to say that he holds his good qualities very firmly, hence 蠅營狗苟 here should be understood literally.)",
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"etymology_text": "朝悔其行，暮已復然。蠅營狗苟，驅去復還。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n朝悔其行，暮已复然。蝇营狗苟，驱去复还。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, 《送窮文》\nZhāo huǐ qí xíng, mù yǐ fù rán. Yíngyínggǒugǒu, qū qù fù huán. [Pinyin]\nIn the morning, I regret my behavior, but in the evening, it all returns to the same. The five ghosts attached to me, I can't drive them away. (This is to say that he holds his good qualities very firmly, hence 蠅營狗苟 here should be understood literally.)",
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"glosses": [
"to shamelessly seek personal gain; profit by ingratiating oneself with the rich"
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"shamelessly",
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"zh-pron": "yíngyínggǒugǒu"
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"zh-pron": "ying²-ying²-kou³-kou³"
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"Mandarin",
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"zh-pron": "yíng-yíng-gǒu-gǒu"
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"zh-pron": "yngynggoougoou"
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"zh-pron": "инъингоугоу"
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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"zh-pron": "inʺingougou"
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"ipa": "/iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh-pron": "ying yweng kuwX kuwX"
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"other": "[Phonetic: yíngyínggóugǒu]"
},
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"ipa": "/iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"word": "蠅營狗苟"
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