See 明鏡高懸 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "a bright mirror hung high",
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"perspicacious and impartial in judgment"
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"zh-pron": "míngjìnggāoxuán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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"zh-pron": "ming⁴ geng³ gou¹ jyun⁴"
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"zh-pron": "míngjìnggāoxuán"
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"zh-pron": "míngjìnggaosyuán"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ming²-ching⁴-kao¹-hsüan²"
},
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "míng-jìng-gāu-sywán"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "mingjinqgaushyuan"
},
{
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "минцзингаосюань"
},
{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "minczingaosjuanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "mìhng geng gōu yùhn"
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"zh-pron": "ming⁴ geng³ gou¹ jyn⁴"
},
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"zh-pron": "ming⁴ géng³ gou¹ yun⁴"
},
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"ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³³ kou̯⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
"ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/"
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{
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"zh-pron": "míngjìnggāoxuán"
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"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄢˊ"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
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"zh-pron": "ming⁴ geng³ gou¹ jyun⁴"
},
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"zh-pron": "míngjìnggāoxuán"
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"zh-pron": "míngjìnggaosyuán"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ming²-ching⁴-kao¹-hsüan²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "míng-jìng-gāu-sywán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "mingjinqgaushyuan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "минцзингаосюань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "minczingaosjuanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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],
"zh-pron": "mìhng geng gōu yùhn"
},
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"Pinyin"
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},
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ming⁴ géng³ gou¹ yun⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³³ kou̯⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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},
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},
{
"ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³³ kou̯⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/"
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Download raw JSONL data for 明鏡高懸 meaning in Chinese (2.6kB)
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