See 飢不擇食 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "饥不择食",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
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},
"expansion": "飢不擇食",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "the hungry can’t choose their own food",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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{
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{
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"glosses": [
"to be not choosy when one is hungry or when matters are urgent; beggars can't be choosers"
],
"id": "en-飢不擇食-zh-phrase-5a8-Ry~1",
"links": [
[
"choosy",
"choosy"
],
[
"hungry",
"hungry"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"urgent",
"urgent"
],
[
"beggars can't be choosers",
"beggars can't be choosers"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to be not choosy when one is hungry or when matters are urgent; beggars can't be choosers"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "枵儂無揀食"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jībùzéshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gei¹ bat¹ zaak⁶ sik⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jībùzéshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jibùzéshíh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chi¹-pu⁴-tsê²-shih²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jī-bù-dzé-shŕ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jibutzershyr"
},
{
"roman": "czibuczɛši",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзибуцзэши"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gei¹ bat¹ zaak⁶ sik⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gēi bāt jaahk sihk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gei¹ bat⁷ dzaak⁹ sik⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "géi¹ bed¹ zag⁶ xig⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/kei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚² sɪk̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "飢不擇食"
}
{
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{
"form": "饥不择食",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
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"expansion": "飢不擇食",
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"literal_meaning": "the hungry can’t choose their own food",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Chinese idioms",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 擇",
"Chinese terms spelled with 食",
"Chinese terms spelled with 飢",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
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"glosses": [
"to be not choosy when one is hungry or when matters are urgent; beggars can't be choosers"
],
"links": [
[
"choosy",
"choosy"
],
[
"hungry",
"hungry"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"urgent",
"urgent"
],
[
"beggars can't be choosers",
"beggars can't be choosers"
]
],
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"(figurative) to be not choosy when one is hungry or when matters are urgent; beggars can't be choosers"
],
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"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jībùzéshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gei¹ bat¹ zaak⁶ sik⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jībùzéshí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jibùzéshíh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chi¹-pu⁴-tsê²-shih²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jī-bù-dzé-shŕ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jibutzershyr"
},
{
"roman": "czibuczɛši",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзибуцзэши"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gei¹ bat¹ zaak⁶ sik⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gēi bāt jaahk sihk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gei¹ bat⁷ dzaak⁹ sik⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "géi¹ bed¹ zag⁶ xig⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/kei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚² sɪk̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "枵儂無揀食"
}
],
"word": "飢不擇食"
}
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