"譬如" meaning in Chinese

See 譬如 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pʰi⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pʰei̯³³ jyː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pʰi³³⁻²¹ y⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ zu²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zu⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /pʰi⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/, /pʰei̯³³ jyː²¹/, /pʰi³³⁻²¹ y⁵³/, /pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/, /pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/, /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ²⁴/, /pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi¹³/, /pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ zu²³/, /pʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zu⁵⁵/, /pʰi³³ zz̩⁴⁴/, /pʰi³³ lu⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: pìrú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄆㄧˋ ㄖㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], pei³ jyu⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], pī-ṳ̀, phì-lû [Hokkien, POJ], phì-lîr [Hokkien, POJ], phì-jî [Hokkien, POJ], phì-jû [Hokkien, POJ], pi³ ru⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵phi-zy; ⁵phi-lu, pìrú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], pìrú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pʻi⁴-ju² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], pì-rú [Mandarin, Yale], pihru [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], пижу [Mandarin, Palladius], pižu [Mandarin, Palladius], pei yùh [Cantonese, Yale], pei³ jy⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], péi³ yu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], pī-ṳ̀ [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], phì-lû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], phieluu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], phì-lîr [Hokkien, Tai-lo], phì-jî [Hokkien, Tai-lo], phiejii [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], phì-jû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], phiejuu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], phì jû [POJ, Teochew], ⁵phi-zy; ⁵phi-lu [Northern, Wu], phi^去 zy; phi^去 lu [Northern, Wu], ²phi-zr; ²phi-lu [Northern, Wu], /pʰi³³ zz̩⁴⁴/ [Northern, Wu], /pʰi³³ lu⁴⁴/ [Northern, Wu], phjieH nyo|nyoH [Middle-Chinese], /*pʰek-s na/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*pʰeɡs nja|njas/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 譬如
  1. to take for example; for example; for instance; such as
    Sense id: en-譬如-zh-verb-upuTNmW8 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (literary) to be similar to; to be just like Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-譬如-zh-verb-8peAFbWy Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 譬如話, 譬如话, 譬如說 (pìrúshuō), 譬如说 (pìrúshuō), 譬如講, 譬如讲
Synonyms: 例如 (lìrú), 別作 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 别作 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 好比 (hǎobǐ), 掠作 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 比在 [Hokkien], 比如 (bǐrú), 比方 [colloquial], 比論 [Dungan, Hakka, Hokkien], 比论 [Dungan, Hakka, Hokkien], 若作 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 諸如 (zhūrú), 诸如 (zhūrú), 講比 (jiang3 bi3) [Sichuanese], 讲比 (jiang3 bi3) [Sichuanese]
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      "word": "譬如話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "譬如话"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pìrúshuō",
      "word": "譬如說"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pìrúshuō",
      "word": "譬如说"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "譬如講"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "譬如讲"
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "74 26",
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          "_dis": "88 12",
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          "_dis": "93 7",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take for example; for example; for instance; such as"
      ],
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          "take",
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          "example",
          "example"
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        [
          "for example",
          "for example"
        ],
        [
          "for instance",
          "for instance"
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        [
          "such",
          "such"
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        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So called superiority or lowliness, for men, is just the same for mice: It simply depends on where one chooses to live!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
          "roman": "Rén zhī xián bùxiào pìrú shǔ yǐ, zài suǒ zì chǔ ěr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人之賢不肖譬如鼠矣,在所自處耳!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "So called superiority or lowliness, for men, is just the same for mice: It simply depends on where one chooses to live!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
          "roman": "Rén zhī xián bùxiào pìrú shǔ yǐ, zài suǒ zì chǔ ěr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人之贤不肖譬如鼠矣,在所自处耳!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Like dewdrops under morning light, it [life] is too short for grieving days lost.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " c. early 3rd century, Cao Cao (曹操), In the \"Short-Metre\" Style I (《短歌行其一》)",
          "roman": "Pìrú zhāolù, qùrì kǔ duō.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "譬如朝露,去日苦多。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I met Lord Cao and told him that keeping Your Excellency at his service is like feeding a tiger. A tiger should be fed meat to its satisfaction; if not, it will devour people.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Written Vernacular Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Wú jiàn Cáogōng, yán yǎng jiāngjūn pìrú yǎng hǔ, dāng bǎo qí ròu; bù bǎo zé jiāng shì rén.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "吾見曹公,言養將軍譬如養虎,當飽其肉;不飽則將噬人。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I met Lord Cao and told him that keeping Your Excellency at his service is like feeding a tiger. A tiger should be fed meat to its satisfaction; if not, it will devour people.",
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            "Written Vernacular Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "ref": " Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Wú jiàn Cáogōng, yán yǎng jiāngjūn pìrú yǎng hǔ, dāng bǎo qí ròu; bù bǎo zé jiāng shì rén.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "吾见曹公,言养将军譬如养虎,当饱其肉;不饱则将噬人。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be similar to; to be just like"
      ],
      "id": "en-譬如-zh-verb-8peAFbWy",
      "links": [
        [
          "similar",
          "similar"
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        [
          "like",
          "like"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to be similar to; to be just like"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pìrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄧˋ ㄖㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pei³ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pī-ṳ̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-lîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi³ ru⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵phi-zy; ⁵phi-lu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pìrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pìrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pʻi⁴-ju²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pì-rú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pihru"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "пижу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pižu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pei yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pei³ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "péi³ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰei̯³³ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī-ṳ̀"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi³³⁻²¹ y⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phieluu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-lîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phiejii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phiejuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ zu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì jû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵phi-zy; ⁵phi-lu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phi^去 zy; phi^去 lu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²phi-zr; ²phi-lu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/pʰi³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/pʰi³³ lu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phjieH nyo|nyoH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*pʰek-s na/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*pʰeɡs nja|njas/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ phì-lîr /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰei̯³³ jyː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi³³⁻²¹ y⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ zu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi³³ lu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*pʰek-s na/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*pʰeɡs nja|njas/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lìrú",
      "word": "例如"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "別作"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "别作"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hǎobǐ",
      "word": "好比"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "掠作"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "比在"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bǐrú",
      "word": "比如"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "比方"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "比論"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "比论"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "若作"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhūrú",
      "word": "諸如"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhūrú",
      "word": "诸如"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiang3 bi3",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "講比"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiang3 bi3",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "讲比"
    }
  ],
  "word": "譬如"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 如",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 譬",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Intermediate Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese verbs",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "譬如話"
    },
    {
      "word": "譬如话"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pìrúshuō",
      "word": "譬如說"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pìrúshuō",
      "word": "譬如说"
    },
    {
      "word": "譬如講"
    },
    {
      "word": "譬如讲"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to take for example; for example; for instance; such as"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "example",
          "example"
        ],
        [
          "for example",
          "for example"
        ],
        [
          "for instance",
          "for instance"
        ],
        [
          "such",
          "such"
        ],
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So called superiority or lowliness, for men, is just the same for mice: It simply depends on where one chooses to live!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
          "roman": "Rén zhī xián bùxiào pìrú shǔ yǐ, zài suǒ zì chǔ ěr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人之賢不肖譬如鼠矣,在所自處耳!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "So called superiority or lowliness, for men, is just the same for mice: It simply depends on where one chooses to live!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
          "roman": "Rén zhī xián bùxiào pìrú shǔ yǐ, zài suǒ zì chǔ ěr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人之贤不肖譬如鼠矣,在所自处耳!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Like dewdrops under morning light, it [life] is too short for grieving days lost.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " c. early 3rd century, Cao Cao (曹操), In the \"Short-Metre\" Style I (《短歌行其一》)",
          "roman": "Pìrú zhāolù, qùrì kǔ duō.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "譬如朝露,去日苦多。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I met Lord Cao and told him that keeping Your Excellency at his service is like feeding a tiger. A tiger should be fed meat to its satisfaction; if not, it will devour people.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Written Vernacular Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Wú jiàn Cáogōng, yán yǎng jiāngjūn pìrú yǎng hǔ, dāng bǎo qí ròu; bù bǎo zé jiāng shì rén.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "吾見曹公,言養將軍譬如養虎,當飽其肉;不飽則將噬人。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I met Lord Cao and told him that keeping Your Excellency at his service is like feeding a tiger. A tiger should be fed meat to its satisfaction; if not, it will devour people.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Written Vernacular Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Wú jiàn Cáogōng, yán yǎng jiāngjūn pìrú yǎng hǔ, dāng bǎo qí ròu; bù bǎo zé jiāng shì rén.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "吾见曹公,言养将军譬如养虎,当饱其肉;不饱则将噬人。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be similar to; to be just like"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "similar",
          "similar"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to be similar to; to be just like"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pìrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄧˋ ㄖㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pei³ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pī-ṳ̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-lîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi³ ru⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵phi-zy; ⁵phi-lu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pìrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pìrú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pʻi⁴-ju²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pì-rú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pihru"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "пижу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pižu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pei yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pei³ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "péi³ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰei̯³³ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī-ṳ̀"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi³³⁻²¹ y⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-lû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phieluu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-lîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-jî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phiejii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì-jû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phiejuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ zu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phì jû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵phi-zy; ⁵phi-lu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phi^去 zy; phi^去 lu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²phi-zr; ²phi-lu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/pʰi³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/pʰi³³ lu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "phjieH nyo|nyoH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*pʰek-s na/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*pʰeɡs nja|njas/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ phì-lîr /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰei̯³³ jyː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi³³⁻²¹ y⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ zu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi³³ zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰi³³ lu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*pʰek-s na/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*pʰeɡs nja|njas/"
    }
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    {
      "roman": "lìrú",
      "word": "例如"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "別作"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "别作"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎobǐ",
      "word": "好比"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "掠作"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "比在"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǐrú",
      "word": "比如"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "比方"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "比論"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "比论"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "若作"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhūrú",
      "word": "諸如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhūrú",
      "word": "诸如"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiang3 bi3",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "講比"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiang3 bi3",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "讲比"
    }
  ],
  "word": "譬如"
}

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