See 言歸正傳 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "言归正传",
"tags": [
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}
],
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
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},
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"glosses": [
"to return to the main topic; to go back to business, to finish a digression and get back to the main subject (cf. \"retournons à nos moutons\")"
],
"id": "en-言歸正傳-zh-phrase-4bqHJur8",
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yánguīzhèngzhuàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jin⁴ gwai¹ zing³ zyun⁶⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yánguīzhèngzhuàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángueijhèngjhuàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yen²-kuei¹-chêng⁴-chuan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yán-gwēi-jèng-jwàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yangueijenqjuann"
},
{
"roman": "janʹgujčžɛnčžuanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "яньгуйчжэнчжуань"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɛn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jin⁴ gwai¹ zing³ zyun⁶⁻²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yìhn gwāi jing jyún"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jin⁴ gwai¹ dzing³ dzyn⁶⁻²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yin⁴ guei¹ jing³ jun⁶⁻²"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːn²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡syːn²²⁻³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "言歸正傳"
}
{
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{
"form": "言归正传",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
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"expansion": "言歸正傳",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 傳",
"Chinese terms spelled with 正",
"Chinese terms spelled with 歸",
"Chinese terms spelled with 言",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"glosses": [
"to return to the main topic; to go back to business, to finish a digression and get back to the main subject (cf. \"retournons à nos moutons\")"
],
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"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yánguīzhèngzhuàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jin⁴ gwai¹ zing³ zyun⁶⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yánguīzhèngzhuàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángueijhèngjhuàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yen²-kuei¹-chêng⁴-chuan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yán-gwēi-jèng-jwàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yangueijenqjuann"
},
{
"roman": "janʹgujčžɛnčžuanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "яньгуйчжэнчжуань"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɛn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jin⁴ gwai¹ zing³ zyun⁶⁻²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yìhn gwāi jing jyún"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jin⁴ gwai¹ dzing³ dzyn⁶⁻²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yin⁴ guei¹ jing³ jun⁶⁻²"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːn²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡syːn²²⁻³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "言歸正傳"
}
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