See Dali in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Mandarin translations"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"大瀝",
"大瀝#Mandarin"
],
[
"大沥",
"大沥#Mandarin"
]
],
"etymology_number": "3",
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cmn-pinyin",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Hanyu Pinyin",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cmn",
"3": "大瀝",
"tr": "Dàlì"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin 大瀝 /大沥 (Dàlì)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大瀝 /大沥 (Dàlì).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Tali",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "Ta-li",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Dali",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Places in China",
"en:Places in Foshan",
"en:Places in Guangdong, China",
"en:Towns in Foshan",
"en:Towns in Guangdong, China"
],
"glosses": [
"A town in Foshan city, Guangdong province, China."
],
"links": [
[
"town",
"town"
],
[
"Foshan",
"Foshan#English"
],
[
"Guangdong",
"Guangdong#English"
],
[
"China",
"China#English"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "Dàlì",
"sense": "town in Guangdong",
"word": "大瀝 /大沥"
}
],
"word": "Dali"
}
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English heteronyms",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "Dalinian"
},
{
"word": "Daliesque"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Dali",
"name": "en-prop"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Dalí"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of Dalí."
],
"links": [
[
"Dalí",
"Dalí#English"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:Dalí"
],
"tags": [
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"alternative"
]
}
],
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}
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