See 高處不勝寒 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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"literal_meaning": "One can't withstand the cold when in high places.",
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"glosses": [
"it's lonely at the top"
],
"id": "en-高處不勝寒-zh-proverb-ege2zEzq",
"links": [
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"it's lonely at the top",
"it's lonely at the top"
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],
"wikipedia": [
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"sounds": [
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],
"zh_pron": "gāochù bùshèng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gāochù bùshēng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄠ ㄔㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄠ ㄔㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gou¹ cyu³ bat¹ sing¹ hon⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gāochù bùshèng hán [Phonetic: gāochù búshèng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄠ ㄔㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gaochù bùshèng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kao¹-chʻu⁴ pu⁴-shêng⁴ han²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gāu-chù bù-shèng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "gauchuh bushenq harn"
},
{
"roman": "gaoču bušɛn xanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гаочу бушэн хань"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ xän³⁵/",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gāochù bùshēng hán"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄠ ㄔㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gaochù bùsheng hán"
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{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Wade-Giles"
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"zh_pron": "kao¹-chʻu⁴ pu⁴-shêng¹ han²"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Yale"
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"zh_pron": "gāu-chù bù-shēng hán"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
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"zh_pron": "gauchuh busheng harn"
},
{
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гаочу бушэн хань"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xän³⁵/",
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gou¹ cyu³ bat¹ sing¹ hon⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gōu chyu bāt sīng hòhn"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gou¹ tsy³ bat⁷ sing¹ hon⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "gou¹ qu³ bed¹ xing¹ hon⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː³³ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔːn²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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],
"word": "高處不勝寒"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From \"Shuidiao Getou—Mid-Autumn of Bingchen\" (《水調歌頭·丙辰中秋》) by Su Shi.",
"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 勝",
"Chinese terms spelled with 寒",
"Chinese terms spelled with 處",
"Chinese terms spelled with 高",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"zh_pron": "gāochù bùshèng hán"
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"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gāochù bùshēng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄠ ㄔㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄠ ㄔㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gou¹ cyu³ bat¹ sing¹ hon⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gāochù bùshèng hán [Phonetic: gāochù búshèng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄠ ㄔㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gaochù bùshèng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kao¹-chʻu⁴ pu⁴-shêng⁴ han²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gāu-chù bù-shèng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "gauchuh bushenq harn"
},
{
"roman": "gaoču bušɛn xanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гаочу бушэн хань"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ xän³⁵/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
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"zh_pron": "gāochù bùshēng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄍㄠ ㄔㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gaochù bùsheng hán"
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{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Wade-Giles"
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"zh_pron": "kao¹-chʻu⁴ pu⁴-shêng¹ han²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gāu-chù bù-shēng hán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "gauchuh busheng harn"
},
{
"roman": "gaoču bušɛn xanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"standard",
"Mainland-China",
"variant",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гаочу бушэн хань"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xän³⁵/",
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"standard",
"Mainland-China",
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"zh_pron": "gou¹ cyu³ bat¹ sing¹ hon⁴"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gōu chyu bāt sīng hòhn"
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},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "gou¹ qu³ bed¹ xing¹ hon⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː³³ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔːn²¹/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
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"word": "高處不勝寒"
}
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