See magnum opus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "畢生の大作"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the greatest work of an author or artist",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "magnum opus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the greatest work of an author or artist",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "opus magnum"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the greatest work of an author or artist",
"word": "magnum opus"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Don Quixote",
"In Search of Lost Time",
"Marcel Proust",
"Miguel de Cervantes"
],
"word": "magnum opus"
}
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