See 鍥而不捨 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_examples": [
{
"english": "If you start carving and give up, you will not be able to break even rotten wood, but if you start carving and do not give up, then you can engrave even metal and stone.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Qiè ér shě zhī, xiǔmù bù zhé; qiè'érbùshě, jīnshí kě lòu.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "鍥而舍之，朽木不折；鍥而不舍，金石可鏤。",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "If you start carving and give up, you will not be able to break even rotten wood, but if you start carving and do not give up, then you can engrave even metal and stone.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Qiè ér shě zhī, xiǔmù bù zhé; qiè'érbùshě, jīnshí kě lòu.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "锲而舍之，朽木不折；锲而不舍，金石可镂。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Xunzi",
"forms": [
{
"form": "锲而不舍",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "鍥而不舍",
"raw_tags": [
"Traditional Chinese"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "鍥而不捨",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to chisel without giving up",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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"glosses": [
"to persevere; to continue doing something in a determined way and not give up"
],
"id": "en-鍥而不捨-zh-phrase-p3X~Qs7U",
"links": [
[
"persevere",
"persevere"
],
[
"continue",
"continue"
],
[
"determined",
"determined"
],
[
"give up",
"give up"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Xunzi"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "qiè'érbùshě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄜˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "kit³ ji⁴ bat¹ se²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "qiè'érbùshě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ciè-érbùshě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chʻieh⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-shê³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chyè-ér-bù-shě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "chieherlbushee"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цеэрбушэ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ceerbušɛ"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kit yìh bāt sé"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kit⁸ ji⁴ bat⁷ se²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "kid³ yi⁴ bed¹ sé²"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiːt̚³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɛː³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiːt̚³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɛː³⁵/"
}
],
"word": "鍥而不捨"
}
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{
"english": "If you start carving and give up, you will not be able to break even rotten wood, but if you start carving and do not give up, then you can engrave even metal and stone.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Qiè ér shě zhī, xiǔmù bù zhé; qiè'érbùshě, jīnshí kě lòu.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "鍥而舍之，朽木不折；鍥而不舍，金石可鏤。",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "If you start carving and give up, you will not be able to break even rotten wood, but if you start carving and do not give up, then you can engrave even metal and stone.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Qiè ér shě zhī, xiǔmù bù zhé; qiè'érbùshě, jīnshí kě lòu.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "锲而舍之，朽木不折；锲而不舍，金石可镂。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Xunzi",
"forms": [
{
"form": "锲而不舍",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "鍥而不舍",
"raw_tags": [
"Traditional Chinese"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "鍥而不捨",
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],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to chisel without giving up",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 捨",
"Chinese terms spelled with 而",
"Chinese terms spelled with 鍥",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to persevere; to continue doing something in a determined way and not give up"
],
"links": [
[
"persevere",
"persevere"
],
[
"continue",
"continue"
],
[
"determined",
"determined"
],
[
"give up",
"give up"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Xunzi"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "qiè'érbùshě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄜˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "kit³ ji⁴ bat¹ se²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "qiè'érbùshě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ciè-érbùshě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chʻieh⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-shê³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chyè-ér-bù-shě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "chieherlbushee"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цеэрбушэ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ceerbušɛ"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kit yìh bāt sé"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kit⁸ ji⁴ bat⁷ se²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "kid³ yi⁴ bed¹ sé²"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiːt̚³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɛː³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiːt̚³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɛː³⁵/"
}
],
"word": "鍥而不捨"
}
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