"首鼠兩端" meaning in Chinese

See 首鼠兩端 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɐu̯³⁵ syː³⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/, /sɐu̯³⁵ syː³⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: shǒushǔliǎngduān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sau² syu² loeng⁵ dyun¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], shǒushǔliǎngduān [Phonetic:shóushúliǎngduān] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shǒushǔliǎngduan [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shou³-shu³-liang³-tuan¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shǒu-shǔ-lyǎng-dwān [Mandarin, Yale], shooushuuleangduan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шоушуляндуань [Mandarin, Palladius], šoušuljanduanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], sáu syú léuhng dyūn [Cantonese, Yale], sau² sy² loeng⁵ dyn¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], seo² xu² lêng⁵ dün¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 首鼠两端
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 首鼠兩端
  1. to be hesitant or indecisive Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 首施兩端/首施两端 (shǒushīliǎngduān), 首尾兩端/首尾两端 (shǒuwěiliǎngduān), 首施兩端 (shǒushīliǎngduān), 首施两端 (shǒushīliǎngduān), 首尾兩端 (shǒuwěiliǎngduān), 首尾两端 (shǒuwěiliǎngduān)
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "首鼠两端",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "首鼠兩端",
      "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": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be hesitant or indecisive"
      ],
      "id": "en-首鼠兩端-zh-phrase-4en59t4Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitant",
          "hesitant"
        ],
        [
          "indecisive",
          "indecisive"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "shǒushīliǎngduān",
          "word": "首施兩端/首施两端"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǒuwěiliǎngduān",
          "word": "首尾兩端/首尾两端"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǒushīliǎngduān",
          "word": "首施兩端"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǒushīliǎngduān",
          "word": "首施两端"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǒuwěiliǎngduān",
          "word": "首尾兩端"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǒuwěiliǎngduān",
          "word": "首尾两端"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒushǔliǎngduān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² syu² loeng⁵ dyun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒushǔliǎngduān [Phonetic:shóushúliǎngduān]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒushǔliǎngduan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shou³-shu³-liang³-tuan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒu-shǔ-lyǎng-dwān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shooushuuleangduan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шоушуляндуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šoušuljanduanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sáu syú léuhng dyūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² sy² loeng⁵ dyn¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seo² xu² lêng⁵ dün¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ syː³⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shóushúliǎngduān]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ syː³⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "首鼠兩端"
}
{
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    {
      "form": "首鼠两端",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "首鼠兩端",
      "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 兩",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 端",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 首",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 鼠",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be hesitant or indecisive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitant",
          "hesitant"
        ],
        [
          "indecisive",
          "indecisive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒushǔliǎngduān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² syu² loeng⁵ dyun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒushǔliǎngduān [Phonetic:shóushúliǎngduān]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒushǔliǎngduan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shou³-shu³-liang³-tuan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒu-shǔ-lyǎng-dwān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shooushuuleangduan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шоушуляндуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šoušuljanduanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sáu syú léuhng dyūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² sy² loeng⁵ dyn¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seo² xu² lêng⁵ dün¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ syː³⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shóushúliǎngduān]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ syː³⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shǒushīliǎngduān",
      "word": "首施兩端/首施两端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒuwěiliǎngduān",
      "word": "首尾兩端/首尾两端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒushīliǎngduān",
      "word": "首施兩端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒushīliǎngduān",
      "word": "首施两端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒuwěiliǎngduān",
      "word": "首尾兩端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒuwěiliǎngduān",
      "word": "首尾两端"
    }
  ],
  "word": "首鼠兩端"
}

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