"見怪不怪" meaning in Chinese

See 見怪不怪 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 见怪不怪 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 見怪不怪
  1. to keep one's calm in the face of the unexpected; to not wonder at strange sights Tags: idiomatic
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        "1": "zh",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep one's calm in the face of the unexpected; to not wonder at strange sights"
      ],
      "id": "en-見怪不怪-zh-phrase-JyFpm8Ed",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "calm",
          "calm"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "unexpected",
          "unexpected"
        ],
        [
          "wonder",
          "wonder"
        ],
        [
          "strange",
          "strange"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànguàibùguài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànguàibùguài [Phonetic: jiànguàibúguài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànguàibùguài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien⁴-kuai⁴-pu⁴-kuai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyàn-gwài-bù-gwài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiannguaybuguay"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjanʹguajbuguaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньгуайбугуай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "見怪不怪"
}
{
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    {
      "form": "见怪不怪",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "見怪不怪",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 怪",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 見",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep one's calm in the face of the unexpected; to not wonder at strange sights"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "calm",
          "calm"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "unexpected",
          "unexpected"
        ],
        [
          "wonder",
          "wonder"
        ],
        [
          "strange",
          "strange"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànguàibùguài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànguàibùguài [Phonetic: jiànguàibúguài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiànguàibùguài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien⁴-kuai⁴-pu⁴-kuai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyàn-gwài-bù-gwài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiannguaybuguay"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjanʹguajbuguaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньгуайбугуай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "見怪不怪"
}

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