See 見縫插針 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "见缝插针",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
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"name": "head"
}
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to see a gap and stick in a needle",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"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 make use of every bit of available time or space"
],
"id": "en-見縫插針-zh-phrase-MXKCHJlp",
"links": [
[
"make use",
"make use"
],
[
"available",
"available"
],
[
"time",
"time"
],
[
"space",
"space"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiànfèngchāzhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥˋ ㄔㄚ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gin³ fung⁶ caap³ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiànfèngchāzhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥˋ ㄔㄚ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiànfòngchajhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chien⁴-fêng⁴-chʻa¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyàn-fèng-chā-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jiannfenqchajen"
},
{
"roman": "czjanʹfɛnčačžɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзяньфэнчачжэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gin³ fung⁶ caap³ zam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gin fuhng chaap jām"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gin³ fung⁶ tsaap⁸ dzam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "gin³ fung⁶ cab³ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ²² t͡sʰaːp̚³ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "見縫插針"
}
{
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{
"form": "见缝插针",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "見縫插針",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to see a gap and stick in a needle",
"pos": "phrase",
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{
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 插",
"Chinese terms spelled with 縫",
"Chinese terms spelled with 見",
"Chinese terms spelled with 針",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to make use of every bit of available time or space"
],
"links": [
[
"make use",
"make use"
],
[
"available",
"available"
],
[
"time",
"time"
],
[
"space",
"space"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiànfèngchāzhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥˋ ㄔㄚ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gin³ fung⁶ caap³ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiànfèngchāzhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥˋ ㄔㄚ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiànfòngchajhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chien⁴-fêng⁴-chʻa¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyàn-fèng-chā-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jiannfenqchajen"
},
{
"roman": "czjanʹfɛnčačžɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзяньфэнчачжэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gin³ fung⁶ caap³ zam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gin fuhng chaap jām"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gin³ fung⁶ tsaap⁸ dzam¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "gin³ fung⁶ cab³ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiːn³³ fʊŋ²² t͡sʰaːp̚³ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "見縫插針"
}
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