See 防微杜漸 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "防微杜渐",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "防微杜漸",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hokkien chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to nip in the bud; to put an end to a bad thing or mistake when it germinates"
],
"id": "en-防微杜漸-zh-phrase-iy7kEAH2",
"links": [
[
"nip in the bud",
"nip in the bud"
],
[
"bad",
"bad"
],
[
"mistake",
"mistake"
],
[
"germinate",
"germinate"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángwēidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángwéidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ zim⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hông-bî-tō͘-chiām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángwēidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángweidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "fang²-wei¹-tu⁴-chien⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fáng-wēi-dù-jyàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "farngueiduhjiann"
},
{
"roman": "fanvɛjduczjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "фанвэйдуцзянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɑŋ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángwéidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángwéidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "fang²-wei²-tu⁴-chien⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fáng-wéi-dù-jyàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "farngweiduhjiann"
},
{
"roman": "fanvɛjduczjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "фанвэйдуцзянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɑŋ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ zim⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fòhng mèih douh jihm"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ dzim⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "fong⁴ méi⁴ dou⁶ jim⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɔːŋ²¹ mei̯²¹ tou̯²² t͡siːm²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hông-bî-tō͘-chiām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "hông-bî-tōo-tsiām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "hongbi'doxciam"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bi²⁴⁻²² tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siam²²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bi²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siam⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋ¹³⁻²² bi¹³⁻²² tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siam²²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bi²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siam³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋ²³⁻³³ bi²³⁻³³ tɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡siam³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
}
],
"word": "防微杜漸"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "防微杜渐",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "防微杜漸",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 微",
"Chinese terms spelled with 杜",
"Chinese terms spelled with 漸",
"Chinese terms spelled with 防",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to nip in the bud; to put an end to a bad thing or mistake when it germinates"
],
"links": [
[
"nip in the bud",
"nip in the bud"
],
[
"bad",
"bad"
],
[
"mistake",
"mistake"
],
[
"germinate",
"germinate"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángwēidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángwéidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ zim⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hông-bî-tō͘-chiām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángwēidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángweidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "fang²-wei¹-tu⁴-chien⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fáng-wēi-dù-jyàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "farngueiduhjiann"
},
{
"roman": "fanvɛjduczjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "фанвэйдуцзянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɑŋ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángwéidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fángwéidùjiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "fang²-wei²-tu⁴-chien⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fáng-wéi-dù-jyàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "farngweiduhjiann"
},
{
"roman": "fanvɛjduczjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "фанвэйдуцзянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɑŋ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"dated",
"variant",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ zim⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fòhng mèih douh jihm"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ dzim⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "fong⁴ méi⁴ dou⁶ jim⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɔːŋ²¹ mei̯²¹ tou̯²² t͡siːm²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hông-bî-tō͘-chiām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "hông-bî-tōo-tsiām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "hongbi'doxciam"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bi²⁴⁻²² tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siam²²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bi²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siam⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋ¹³⁻²² bi¹³⁻²² tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siam²²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bi²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siam³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋ²³⁻³³ bi²³⁻³³ tɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡siam³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
}
],
"word": "防微杜漸"
}
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