"唯唯諾諾" meaning in Chinese

{
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Actors, jokers, and clowns as well as attendants and courtiers would say, \"At your service, at your service,\" before the sovereign has given any order, and say, \"Yes, yes,\" before he has commanded them to do anything, thus taking orders ahead of his words and looking at his facial expressions and judging his needs by his colour in order thereby to render him service before he makes up his mind.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version",
      "roman": "Yōu xiào zhūrú, zuǒyòu jìn xí, cǐ rénzhǔ wèi mìng ér wéiwéi, wèi shǐ ér nuònuò, xiān yì chéng zhǐ, guān mào chá sè yǐ xiān zhǔ xīn zhě yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "優笑侏儒，左右近習，此人主未命而唯唯，未使而諾諾，先意承旨，觀貌察色以先主心者也。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Actors, jokers, and clowns as well as attendants and courtiers would say, \"At your service, at your service,\" before the sovereign has given any order, and say, \"Yes, yes,\" before he has commanded them to do anything, thus taking orders ahead of his words and looking at his facial expressions and judging his needs by his colour in order thereby to render him service before he makes up his mind.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version",
      "roman": "Yōu xiào zhūrú, zuǒyòu jìn xí, cǐ rénzhǔ wèi mìng ér wéiwéi, wèi shǐ ér nuònuò, xiān yì chéng zhǐ, guān mào chá sè yǐ xiān zhǔ xīn zhě yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "优笑侏儒，左右近习，此人主未命而唯唯，未使而诺诺，先意承旨，观貌察色以先主心者也。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "(《韓非子·八姦》)"
      },
      "expansion": "(《韓非子·八姦》)",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Han Feizi, Chapter 9 (《韓非子·八姦》)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "唯唯诺诺",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "唯唯諾諾",
      "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 chengyu derived from the Han Feizi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to always follow others' opinion; to be a yes man without any opinions of one's own"
      ],
      "id": "en-唯唯諾諾-zh-phrase-hAXg7viS",
      "links": [
        [
          "always",
          "always"
        ],
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "yes man",
          "yes man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Han Feizi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiwéinuònuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwěinuònuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ wai⁴ nok⁶ nok⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiwéinuònuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiwéinuònuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-wei²-no⁴-no⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-wéi-nwò-nwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weiweinuohnuoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйвэйноно"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjvɛjnono"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwěinuònuò [Phonetic:wéiwěinuònuò]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwěinuònuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³-wei³-no⁴-no⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi-wěi-nwò-nwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woeiwoeinuohnuoh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàih wàih nohk nohk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ wai⁴ nok⁹ nok⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴ wei⁴ nog⁶ nog⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹ nɔːk̚² nɔːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: wéiwěinuònuò]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹ nɔːk̚² nɔːk̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "唯唯諾諾"
}

{
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Actors, jokers, and clowns as well as attendants and courtiers would say, \"At your service, at your service,\" before the sovereign has given any order, and say, \"Yes, yes,\" before he has commanded them to do anything, thus taking orders ahead of his words and looking at his facial expressions and judging his needs by his colour in order thereby to render him service before he makes up his mind.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version",
      "roman": "Yōu xiào zhūrú, zuǒyòu jìn xí, cǐ rénzhǔ wèi mìng ér wéiwéi, wèi shǐ ér nuònuò, xiān yì chéng zhǐ, guān mào chá sè yǐ xiān zhǔ xīn zhě yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "優笑侏儒，左右近習，此人主未命而唯唯，未使而諾諾，先意承旨，觀貌察色以先主心者也。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Actors, jokers, and clowns as well as attendants and courtiers would say, \"At your service, at your service,\" before the sovereign has given any order, and say, \"Yes, yes,\" before he has commanded them to do anything, thus taking orders ahead of his words and looking at his facial expressions and judging his needs by his colour in order thereby to render him service before he makes up his mind.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version",
      "roman": "Yōu xiào zhūrú, zuǒyòu jìn xí, cǐ rénzhǔ wèi mìng ér wéiwéi, wèi shǐ ér nuònuò, xiān yì chéng zhǐ, guān mào chá sè yǐ xiān zhǔ xīn zhě yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "优笑侏儒，左右近习，此人主未命而唯唯，未使而诺诺，先意承旨，观貌察色以先主心者也。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "(《韓非子·八姦》)"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Han Feizi, Chapter 9 (《韓非子·八姦》)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "唯唯诺诺",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "唯唯諾諾",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese chengyu derived from the Han Feizi",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 唯",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 諾",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to always follow others' opinion; to be a yes man without any opinions of one's own"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "always",
          "always"
        ],
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "yes man",
          "yes man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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        "Han Feizi"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiwéinuònuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwěinuònuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ wai⁴ nok⁶ nok⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiwéinuònuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiwéinuònuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-wei²-no⁴-no⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-wéi-nwò-nwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weiweinuohnuoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйвэйноно"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjvɛjnono"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwěinuònuò [Phonetic:wéiwěinuònuò]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwěinuònuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³-wei³-no⁴-no⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi-wěi-nwò-nwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woeiwoeinuohnuoh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàih wàih nohk nohk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁴ wai⁴ nok⁹ nok⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴ wei⁴ nog⁶ nog⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹ nɔːk̚² nɔːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: wéiwěinuònuò]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ wɐi̯²¹ nɔːk̚² nɔːk̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "唯唯諾諾"
}

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