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"english": "For them the prime need is not “more flowers on the brocade” but “fuel in snowy weather”.",
"ref": "對於他們，第一步需要還不是「錦上添花」，而是「雪中送炭」。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "对于他们，第一步需要还不是「锦上添花」，而是「雪中送炭」。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition\nDuìyú tāmen, dì yī bù xūyào hái bùshì “jǐnshàngtiānhuā”, érshì “xuězhōngsòngtàn”. [Pinyin]",
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hoa"
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{
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"Wade-Giles"
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"zh-pron": "chin³-shang⁴-tʻien¹-hua¹"
},
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"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "jǐn-shàng-tyān-hwā"
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"Mandarin"
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{
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"zh-pron": "цзиньшантяньхуа"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "czinʹšantjanʹxua"
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"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
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{
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"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "gam² soeng⁶ tim¹ faa¹"
},
{
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gem² sêng⁶ tim¹ fa¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰiːm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hoa"
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{
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"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsioxngtiaxmhoaf"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
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"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰiam²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
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{
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"POJ"
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"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hoa"
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{
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"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kymsioxngtiamhoaf"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
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"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thinn-hue"
},
{
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"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsioxngtvi'hoef"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
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"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thinn-hue"
},
{
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"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsiaxngtvi'hoef"
},
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"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
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],
"zh-pron": "kimX dzyangH them xwae"
},
{
"other": "/ kím-siōng-thiam-hoa /"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰiːm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰiam²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
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"word": "錦上添花"
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"english": "For them the prime need is not “more flowers on the brocade” but “fuel in snowy weather”.",
"ref": "對於他們，第一步需要還不是「錦上添花」，而是「雪中送炭」。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "对于他们，第一步需要还不是「锦上添花」，而是「雪中送炭」。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition\nDuìyú tāmen, dì yī bù xūyào hái bùshì “jǐnshàngtiānhuā”, érshì “xuězhōngsòngtàn”. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
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],
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"to make perfection still more perfect"
],
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"make",
"make"
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[
"perfection",
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[
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],
[
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[
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"perfect"
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"zh-pron": "jǐnshàngtiānhuā"
},
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"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "gam² soeng⁶ tim¹ faa¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hoa"
},
{
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hoa"
},
{
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},
{
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐnshàngtiānhuā"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐnshàngtianhua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chin³-shang⁴-tʻien¹-hua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐn-shàng-tyān-hwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiinshanqtianhua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзиньшантяньхуа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czinʹšantjanʹxua"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gám seuhng tīm fā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gam² soeng⁶ tim¹ faa¹"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gem² sêng⁶ tim¹ fa¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰiːm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hoa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsioxngtiaxmhoaf"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰiam²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hoa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kymsioxngtiamhoaf"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thinn-hue"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsioxngtvi'hoef"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thinn-hue"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsiaxngtvi'hoef"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "kimX dzyangH them xwae"
},
{
"other": "/ kím-siōng-thiam-hoa /"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰiːm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰiam²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
}
],
"word": "錦上添花"
}
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