See 退而求其次 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"to settle for the second best"
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"id": "en-退而求其次-zh-phrase-6vG3-M-p",
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"settle",
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"zh_pron": "tuì'érqiúqícì"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄘˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "teoi³ ji⁴ kau⁴ kei⁴ ci³"
},
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"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tuì'érqiúqícì"
},
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄘˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tuèi-ércióucícìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tʻui⁴-êrh²-chʻiu²-chʻi²-tzʻŭ⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "twèi-ér-chyóu-chí-tsz̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tueyerlchyouchyitsyh"
},
{
"roman": "tujɛrcjucicy",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "туйэрцюцицы"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/",
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "teui yìh kàuh kèih chi"
},
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"Cantonese",
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"zh_pron": "toey³ ji⁴ kau⁴ kei⁴ tsi³"
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"Cantonese",
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "têu³ yi⁴ keo⁴ kéi⁴ qi³"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jiː²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʰiː³³/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"Sinological-IPA"
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"word": "退而求其次"
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"to settle for the second best"
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},
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄘˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
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},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄘˋ"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tuèi-ércióucícìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tʻui⁴-êrh²-chʻiu²-chʻi²-tzʻŭ⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "twèi-ér-chyóu-chí-tsz̀"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tueyerlchyouchyitsyh"
},
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"roman": "tujɛrcjucicy",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
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},
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"ipa": "/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "teoi³ ji⁴ kau⁴ kei⁴ ci³"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "teui yìh kàuh kèih chi"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "toey³ ji⁴ kau⁴ kei⁴ tsi³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "têu³ yi⁴ keo⁴ kéi⁴ qi³"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɵy̯³³ jiː²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʰiː³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "退而求其次"
}
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