See 賊喊捉賊 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "贼喊捉贼",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "a thief cries \"stop the thief!\"",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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},
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"glosses": [
"to accuse others of wrongdoing as the wrongdoer to escape guilt and responsibility by diverting attention"
],
"id": "en-賊喊捉賊-zh-phrase-hzYIJY-9",
"links": [
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"accuse",
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],
[
"wrongdoing",
"wrongdoing"
],
[
"wrongdoer",
"wrongdoer"
],
[
"guilt",
"guilt"
],
[
"responsibility",
"responsibility"
],
[
"diverting",
"diverting"
],
[
"attention",
"attention"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "vừa đánh trống vừa ăn cướp"
},
{
"word": "vừa ăn cướp vừa la làng"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "賊嗌捉賊"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "贼嗌捉贼"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "做賊的喝掠賊"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "做贼的喝掠贼"
},
{
"roman": "phah-lâng-hoah-kiù-lâng",
"word": "拍人喝救人"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zéihǎnzhuōzéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄗㄟˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄗㄟˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "caak⁶ haam³ zuk¹ caak⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zéihǎnzhuōzéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zéihǎnjhuozéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tsei²-han³-cho¹-tsei²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dzéi-hǎn-jwō-dzéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tzeirhaanjuotzeir"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзэйханьчжоцзэй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czɛjxanʹčžoczɛj"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seɪ̯³⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chaahk haam jūk chaahk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsaak⁹ haam³ dzuk⁷ tsaak⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "cag⁶ ham³ zug¹ cag⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰaːk̚² haːm³³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seɪ̯³⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰaːk̚² haːm³³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚²/"
}
],
"word": "賊喊捉賊"
}
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{
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"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "賊喊捉賊",
"name": "head"
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],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "a thief cries \"stop the thief!\"",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"word": "vừa đánh trống vừa ăn cướp"
},
{
"word": "vừa ăn cướp vừa la làng"
}
],
"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 喊",
"Chinese terms spelled with 捉",
"Chinese terms spelled with 賊",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to accuse others of wrongdoing as the wrongdoer to escape guilt and responsibility by diverting attention"
],
"links": [
[
"accuse",
"accuse"
],
[
"wrongdoing",
"wrongdoing"
],
[
"wrongdoer",
"wrongdoer"
],
[
"guilt",
"guilt"
],
[
"responsibility",
"responsibility"
],
[
"diverting",
"diverting"
],
[
"attention",
"attention"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zéihǎnzhuōzéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄗㄟˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄗㄟˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "caak⁶ haam³ zuk¹ caak⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zéihǎnzhuōzéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zéihǎnjhuozéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tsei²-han³-cho¹-tsei²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dzéi-hǎn-jwō-dzéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tzeirhaanjuotzeir"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзэйханьчжоцзэй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czɛjxanʹčžoczɛj"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seɪ̯³⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chaahk haam jūk chaahk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsaak⁹ haam³ dzuk⁷ tsaak⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "cag⁶ ham³ zug¹ cag⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰaːk̚² haːm³³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡seɪ̯³⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰaːk̚² haːm³³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚²/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "賊嗌捉賊"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "贼嗌捉贼"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "做賊的喝掠賊"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "做贼的喝掠贼"
},
{
"roman": "phah-lâng-hoah-kiù-lâng",
"word": "拍人喝救人"
}
],
"word": "賊喊捉賊"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 賊喊捉賊 meaning in Chinese (2.8kB)
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