See 投鼠忌器 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "to hesitate to pelt a rat for fear of smashing the dishes beside it; spare the rat to save the dishes",
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"glosses": [
"to be doubtful about acting against an evil"
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"id": "en-投鼠忌器-zh-phrase-fjCJ4fHd",
"links": [
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"doubtful",
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"act",
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "投鼠之忌"
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{
"word": "擲鼠忌器／掷鼠忌器"
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{
"word": "擲鼠忌器"
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{
"word": "掷鼠忌器"
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"sounds": [
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"zh-pron": "tóushǔjìqì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "tau⁴ syu² gei⁶ hei³"
},
{
"zh-pron": "dao⁵ ce² gi⁶ ki³"
},
{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "tóushǔjìqì"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "tóushǔjìcì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tʻou²-shu³-chi⁴-chʻi⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "tóu-shǔ-jì-chì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tourshuujihchih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "тоушуцзици"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "toušuczici"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "tàuh syú geih hei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tau⁴ sy² gei⁶ hei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "teo⁴ xu² géi⁶ héi³"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɐu̯²¹ syː³⁵ kei̯²² hei̯³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "dao⁵ ce² gi⁶ ki³"
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "tâu tshṳ́ kĭ khì"
},
{
"ipa": "/tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ ki³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi²¹³/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɐu̯²¹ syː³⁵ kei̯²² hei̯³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ ki³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi²¹³/"
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"word": "投鼠忌器"
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to hesitate to pelt a rat for fear of smashing the dishes beside it; spare the rat to save the dishes",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 器",
"Chinese terms spelled with 忌",
"Chinese terms spelled with 投",
"Chinese terms spelled with 鼠",
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"to be doubtful about acting against an evil"
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"doubtful",
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"evil",
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"zh-pron": "tóushǔjìqì"
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "tau⁴ syu² gei⁶ hei³"
},
{
"zh-pron": "dao⁵ ce² gi⁶ ki³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tóushǔjìqì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tóushǔjìcì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tʻou²-shu³-chi⁴-chʻi⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "tóu-shǔ-jì-chì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tourshuujihchih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "тоушуцзици"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "toušuczici"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "tàuh syú geih hei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tau⁴ sy² gei⁶ hei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "teo⁴ xu² géi⁶ héi³"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɐu̯²¹ syː³⁵ kei̯²² hei̯³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "dao⁵ ce² gi⁶ ki³"
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "tâu tshṳ́ kĭ khì"
},
{
"ipa": "/tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ ki³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi²¹³/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tʰɐu̯²¹ syː³⁵ kei̯²² hei̯³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ ki³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi²¹³/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "投鼠之忌"
},
{
"word": "擲鼠忌器／掷鼠忌器"
},
{
"word": "擲鼠忌器"
},
{
"word": "掷鼠忌器"
}
],
"word": "投鼠忌器"
}
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