See 篳路藍縷 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "He admonishes them on how the Chu ancestors Ruo'ao and Fenmao, riding in rugged wooden carts and clad in tattered hemp, opened up hills and forests for cultivation.",
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"text": "训之以若敖、蚡冒筚路蓝缕以启山林。",
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"literal_meaning": "drive a cart in rags to blaze a new trail",
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"zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "bat¹ lou⁶ laam⁴ leoi⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
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],
"zh-pron": "bat¹ lou⁶ laam⁴ lau⁵"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "pi⁴-lu⁴-lan²-lü³"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "bì-lù-lán-lyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bihluhlanleu"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "билуланьлюй"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bilulanʹljuj"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ län³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bāt louh làahm léuih"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "bāt louh làahm láuh"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bat⁷ lou⁶ laam⁴ loey⁵"
},
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"zh-pron": "bat⁷ lou⁶ laam⁴ lau⁵"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ lou⁶ lam⁴ lêu⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ lou⁶ lam⁴ leo⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²² laːm²¹ lɵy̯¹³/",
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},
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"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²² laːm²¹ lɐu̯¹³/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ län³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
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"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²² laːm²¹ lɐu̯¹³/"
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"english": "He admonishes them on how the Chu ancestors Ruo'ao and Fenmao, riding in rugged wooden carts and clad in tattered hemp, opened up hills and forests for cultivation.",
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],
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],
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},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "bat¹ lou⁶ laam⁴ leoi⁵"
},
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"zh-pron": "bìlùlánlyǔ"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "pi⁴-lu⁴-lan²-lü³"
},
{
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bì-lù-lán-lyǔ"
},
{
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bihluhlanleu"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "билуланьлюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bilulanʹljuj"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ län³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bāt louh làahm léuih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bāt louh làahm láuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bat⁷ lou⁶ laam⁴ loey⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bat⁷ lou⁶ laam⁴ lau⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ lou⁶ lam⁴ lêu⁵"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bed¹ lou⁶ lam⁴ leo⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²² laːm²¹ lɵy̯¹³/",
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"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²² laːm²¹ lɐu̯¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ län³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²² laːm²¹ lɵy̯¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²² laːm²¹ lɐu̯¹³/"
}
],
"word": "篳路藍縷"
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