See 順藤摸瓜 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "to get to the melon by tracking the vines",
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"glosses": [
"to follow the clues to get to the bottom of a matter or to thoroughly inquire into a matter"
],
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],
[
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"zh-pron": "shùnténgmōguā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄥˊ ㄇㄛ ㄍㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "seon⁶ tang⁴ mo² gwaa¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "sung⁶ ding⁵ mong⁵ guê¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shùnténgmōguā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄥˊ ㄇㄛ ㄍㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shùnténgmogua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shun⁴-tʻêng²-mo¹-kua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shwùn-téng-mwō-gwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shuennterngmhogua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "шуньтэнмогуа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "šunʹtɛnmogua"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ tʰɤŋ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "seuhn tàhng mó gwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "soen⁶ tang⁴ mo² gwaa¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sên⁶ teng⁴ mo² gua¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵn²² tʰɐŋ²¹ mɔː³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "sung⁶ ding⁵ mong⁵ guê¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "sŭng tîng mông kue"
},
{
"ipa": "/suŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tiŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ tʰɤŋ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵn²² tʰɐŋ²¹ mɔː³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/suŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tiŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/"
}
],
"word": "順藤摸瓜"
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"literal_meaning": "to get to the melon by tracking the vines",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 瓜",
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],
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[
"clues",
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],
[
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"matter",
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[
"thoroughly",
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"inquire",
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],
"zh-pron": "shùnténgmōguā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄥˊ ㄇㄛ ㄍㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "seon⁶ tang⁴ mo² gwaa¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "sung⁶ ding⁵ mong⁵ guê¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shùnténgmōguā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄥˊ ㄇㄛ ㄍㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shùnténgmogua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shun⁴-tʻêng²-mo¹-kua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shwùn-téng-mwō-gwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shuennterngmhogua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "шуньтэнмогуа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "šunʹtɛnmogua"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ tʰɤŋ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "seuhn tàhng mó gwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "soen⁶ tang⁴ mo² gwaa¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "sên⁶ teng⁴ mo² gua¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵn²² tʰɐŋ²¹ mɔː³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "sung⁶ ding⁵ mong⁵ guê¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "sŭng tîng mông kue"
},
{
"ipa": "/suŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tiŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ tʰɤŋ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɵn²² tʰɐŋ²¹ mɔː³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/suŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tiŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/"
}
],
"word": "順藤摸瓜"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 順藤摸瓜 meaning in Chinese (3.0kB)
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