See 龍盤虎踞 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"zh_pron": "lung⁴ pun⁴ fu² gêu³"
},
{
"ipa": "/lʊŋ²¹ pʰuːn²¹ fuː³⁵ kɵy̯³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh_pron": "ljowng ban xuX kjoH"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh_pron": "/*b·roŋ|mroːŋ baːn qʰlaːʔ kas/"
}
],
"word": "龍盤虎踞"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 龍盤虎踞 meaning in Chinese (7.4kB)
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"msg": "HTML tag <sup> not properly closed",
"path": [
"龍盤虎踞"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "龍盤虎踞",
"trace": "started on line 18, detected on line 18"
}
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </sup>",
"path": [
"龍盤虎踞"
],
"section": "Chinese",
"subsection": "",
"title": "龍盤虎踞",
"trace": ""
}
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