See 越描越黑 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "the more you draw, the blacker the picture becomes",
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"Overexplaining makes things worse; the more you explain, the guiltier you look."
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"zh_pron": "yuèmiáoyuèhēi"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "jyut⁶ miu⁴ jyut⁶ hak¹"
},
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"zh_pron": "yuèmiáoyuèhēi"
},
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"zh_pron": "ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄟ"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yuèmiáoyuèhei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yüeh⁴-miao²-yüeh⁴-hei¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "ywè-myáu-ywè-hēi"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yuehmiauyuehhei"
},
{
"roman": "juemjaojuexɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "юэмяоюэхэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɥɛ⁵¹ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"zh_pron": "yuht mìuh yuht hāk"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
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},
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"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "yud⁶ miu⁴ yud⁶ heg¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyːt̚² miːu̯²¹ jyːt̚² hɐk̚⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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"word": "越描越黑"
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"literal_meaning": "the more you draw, the blacker the picture becomes",
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"zh_pron": "yuèmiáoyuèhēi"
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"zh_pron": "ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄟ"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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},
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"Mandarin",
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yuèmiáoyuèhēi"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yuèmiáoyuèhei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yüeh⁴-miao²-yüeh⁴-hei¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "ywè-myáu-ywè-hēi"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yuehmiauyuehhei"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
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},
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"Mandarin",
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
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},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
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},
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"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yud⁶ miu⁴ yud⁶ heg¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyːt̚² miːu̯²¹ jyːt̚² hɐk̚⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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],
"word": "越描越黑"
}
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