See 諱疾忌醫 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "Pìrú bìngrén, huàn zhe fúzhǒng, ér huìjíjìyī, dànyuàn biérén hútú, wùrèn tā wéi féipàng.",
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"zh-pron": "huìjíjìyī"
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"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄧ"
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"zh-pron": "hui⁴-chi²-chi⁴-i¹"
},
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"zh-pron": "hwèi-jí-jì-yī"
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"zh-pron": "хуэйцзицзии"
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"zh-pron": "xuejcziczii"
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"zh-pron": "wáih jaht geih yī"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "wai⁵ dzat⁹ gei⁶ ji¹"
},
{
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "wei⁵ zed⁶ géi⁶ yi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³ t͡sɐt̚² kei̯²² jiː⁵⁵/",
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{
"ipa": "/xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ i⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³ t͡sɐt̚² kei̯²² jiː⁵⁵/"
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"etymology_text": "From a story of Marquis Huan of Cai recorded in Hanfeizi.",
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"roman": "Pìrú bìngrén, huàn zhe fúzhǒng, ér huìjíjìyī, dànyuàn biérén hútú, wùrèn tā wéi féipàng.",
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"zh-pron": "wai⁵ zat⁶ gei⁶ ji¹"
},
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"zh-pron": "huìjíjìyī"
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"zh-pron": "hui⁴-chi²-chi⁴-i¹"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "hwèi-jí-jì-yī"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "hueyjyijihi"
},
{
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хуэйцзицзии"
},
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xuejcziczii"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ i⁵⁵/",
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"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "wai⁵ dzat⁹ gei⁶ ji¹"
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"zh-pron": "wei⁵ zed⁶ géi⁶ yi¹"
},
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"ipa": "/wɐi̯¹³ t͡sɐt̚² kei̯²² jiː⁵⁵/",
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},
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Download raw JSONL data for 諱疾忌醫 meaning in Chinese (3.8kB)
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