"蛇足" meaning in Chinese

See 蛇足 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɛː²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/, /sɛː²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: shézú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄜˊ ㄗㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], se⁴ zuk¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], shézú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shézú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shê²-tsu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shé-dzú [Mandarin, Yale], shertzwu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шэцзу [Mandarin, Palladius], šɛczu [Mandarin, Palladius], sèh jūk [Cantonese, Yale], se⁴ dzuk⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sé⁴ zug¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From the idiom 畫蛇添足/画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|畫蛇添足}} 畫蛇添足/画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 蛇足
  1. (figurative) something superfluous; unnecessary Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-蛇足-zh-noun-WXKKQ4Fx Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "From the idiom 畫蛇添足/画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú).",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      "glosses": [
        "something superfluous; unnecessary"
      ],
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          "superfluous",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) something superfluous; unnecessary"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "shézú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄜˊ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se⁴ zuk¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shézú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shézú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shê²-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shé-dzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shertzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛczu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sèh jūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se⁴ dzuk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sé⁴ zug¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蛇足"
}
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Cantonese nouns",
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        "Pages with entries"
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        "something superfluous; unnecessary"
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shézú"
    },
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄜˊ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se⁴ zuk¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shézú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shézú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shê²-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shé-dzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shertzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛczu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sèh jūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se⁴ dzuk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sé⁴ zug¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蛇足"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 蛇足 meaning in Chinese (2.0kB)

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