See 飲水思源 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"ipa": "/im⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "飲流懷源"
},
{
"tags": [
"formal",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "飲水知源"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "食果子拜樹頭"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "食水果拜樹頭"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Quanzhou"
],
"word": "食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Quanzhou"
],
"word": "食果子拜樹頭"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Zhangzhou"
],
"word": "食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Zhangzhou"
],
"word": "食果子拜樹頭"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
],
"word": "食果子拜樹頭，食米飯拜田頭"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "食果子拜樹頭"
}
],
"word": "飲水思源"
}
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