See 鐵樹開花 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From the fact that king sago palm rarely blossoms, which is especially true if the plant was cultivated outside of tropical areas.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "铁树开花",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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},
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}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "king sago palm blossoms",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"glosses": [
"extremely rare or hard to succeed"
],
"id": "en-鐵樹開花-zh-phrase-TOl-wAfe",
"links": [
[
"extreme",
"extreme"
],
[
"rare",
"rare"
],
[
"hard",
"hard"
],
[
"succeed",
"succeed"
]
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"wikipedia": [
"king sago palm"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tiě shùkāi huā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄨˋ ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "tit³ syu⁶ hoi¹ faa¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tiě shùkāi huā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄨˋ ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tiě shùkai hua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tʻieh³ shu⁴-kʻai¹ hua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "tyě shù-kāi hwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tiee shuhkai hua"
},
{
"roman": "te šukaj xua",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "те шукай хуа"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "tit³ syu⁶ hoi¹ faa¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "tit syuh hōi fā"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tit⁸ sy⁶ hoi¹ faa¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "tid³ xu⁶ hoi¹ fa¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰiːt̚³ syː²² hɔːi̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "鐵樹開花"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From the fact that king sago palm rarely blossoms, which is especially true if the plant was cultivated outside of tropical areas.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "铁树开花",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"literal_meaning": "king sago palm blossoms",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 樹",
"Chinese terms spelled with 花",
"Chinese terms spelled with 鐵",
"Chinese terms spelled with 開",
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"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
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"glosses": [
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"extreme",
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[
"rare",
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],
[
"hard",
"hard"
],
[
"succeed",
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]
],
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],
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]
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{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tiě shùkāi huā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄨˋ ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "tit³ syu⁶ hoi¹ faa¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tiě shùkāi huā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄨˋ ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tiě shùkai hua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tʻieh³ shu⁴-kʻai¹ hua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "tyě shù-kāi hwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tiee shuhkai hua"
},
{
"roman": "te šukaj xua",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "те шукай хуа"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "tit³ syu⁶ hoi¹ faa¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "tit syuh hōi fā"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tit⁸ sy⁶ hoi¹ faa¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "tid³ xu⁶ hoi¹ fa¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰiːt̚³ syː²² hɔːi̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "鐵樹開花"
}
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