See 人心不足蛇吞象 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "官話俗語",
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},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「不」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「人」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「吞」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「心」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「蛇」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「象」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「足」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有詞條的頁面",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "漢語俗語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "漢語詞元",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "粵語俗語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "粵語詞元",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "閩東語俗語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "閩東語詞元",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "人心贪婪不知满足，就像蛇想吞吃大象",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "俗語",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有引文的官話詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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],
"examples": [
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54,
75
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
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16,
23
]
],
"ref": "元·無名氏《冤家債主·楔子》",
"roman": "Déshī róngkū zǒng zài tiān, jīguān yòng jìn yě túrán. Rénxīnbùzúshétūnxiàng, shìshì dàotóu táng bǔ chán.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written vernacular Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"text": "得失榮枯總在天，機關用盡也徒然。人心不足蛇吞象，世事到頭螳捕蟬。"
},
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75
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],
"bold_text_offsets": [
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16,
23
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],
"ref": "元·無名氏《冤家債主·楔子》",
"roman": "Déshī róngkū zǒng zài tiān, jīguān yòng jìn yě túrán. Rénxīnbùzúshétūnxiàng, shìshì dàotóu táng bǔ chán.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written vernacular Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"text": "得失荣枯总在天，机关用尽也徒然。人心不足蛇吞象，世事到头螳捕蝉。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"人貪婪無度，永不滿足"
],
"id": "zh-人心不足蛇吞象-zh-phrase-l1enrAYI",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rénxīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jan⁴ sam¹ bat¹ zuk¹ se⁴ tan¹ zoeng⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"平話字"
],
"tags": [
"Eastern Min"
],
"zh_pron": "ìng-*sĭng bók cé̤ṳk siè tŏng chiông"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rénxīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rénsin bù zú shé tun siàng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "jên²-hsin¹ pu⁴ tsu² shê² tʻun¹ hsiang⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "rén-syīn bù dzú shé twūn syàng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "renshin bu tzwu sher tuen shianq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "жэньсинь бу цзу шэ тунь сян (žɛnʹsinʹ bu czu šɛ tunʹ sjan)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"標準粵語",
"廣州–香港話"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jan⁴ sam¹ bat¹ zuk¹ se⁴ tan¹ zoeng⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"標準粵語",
"廣州–香港話"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "yàhn sām bāt jūk sèh tān jeuhng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"標準粵語",
"廣州–香港話"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jan⁴ sam¹ bat⁷ dzuk⁷ se⁴ tan¹ dzoeng⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"標準粵語",
"廣州–香港話"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yen⁴ sem¹ bed¹ zug¹ sé⁴ ten¹ zêng⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ sɛː²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"標準粵語",
"廣州–香港話"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"福州話",
"平話字"
],
"tags": [
"Eastern Min"
],
"zh_pron": "ìng-*sĭng bók cé̤ṳk siè tŏng chiông"
},
{
"ipa": "/iŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ siŋ⁵⁵ pouʔ²⁴ t͡søyʔ²⁴ sie⁵³ tʰouŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰuɔŋ²⁴²/",
"raw_tags": [
"福州話"
],
"tags": [
"Eastern Min",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "法语",
"lang_code": "fr",
"word": "L'homme dont le cœur n'est jamais satisfait est un serpent qui veut avaler un éléphant"
}
],
"word": "人心不足蛇吞象"
}
{
"categories": [
"官話俗語",
"官話詞元",
"帶「不」的漢語詞",
"帶「人」的漢語詞",
"帶「吞」的漢語詞",
"帶「心」的漢語詞",
"帶「蛇」的漢語詞",
"帶「象」的漢語詞",
"帶「足」的漢語詞",
"有1個詞條的頁面",
"有國際音標的漢語詞",
"有詞條的頁面",
"漢語俗語",
"漢語詞元",
"粵語俗語",
"粵語詞元",
"閩東語俗語",
"閩東語詞元"
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "人心贪婪不知满足，就像蛇想吞吃大象",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "俗語",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"有引文的官話詞"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
54,
75
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
16,
23
]
],
"ref": "元·無名氏《冤家債主·楔子》",
"roman": "Déshī róngkū zǒng zài tiān, jīguān yòng jìn yě túrán. Rénxīnbùzúshétūnxiàng, shìshì dàotóu táng bǔ chán.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written vernacular Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"text": "得失榮枯總在天，機關用盡也徒然。人心不足蛇吞象，世事到頭螳捕蟬。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
54,
75
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
16,
23
]
],
"ref": "元·無名氏《冤家債主·楔子》",
"roman": "Déshī róngkū zǒng zài tiān, jīguān yòng jìn yě túrán. Rénxīnbùzúshétūnxiàng, shìshì dàotóu táng bǔ chán.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written vernacular Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"text": "得失荣枯总在天，机关用尽也徒然。人心不足蛇吞象，世事到头螳捕蝉。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"人貪婪無度，永不滿足"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rénxīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jan⁴ sam¹ bat¹ zuk¹ se⁴ tan¹ zoeng⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"平話字"
],
"tags": [
"Eastern Min"
],
"zh_pron": "ìng-*sĭng bók cé̤ṳk siè tŏng chiông"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rénxīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rénsin bù zú shé tun siàng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "jên²-hsin¹ pu⁴ tsu² shê² tʻun¹ hsiang⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "rén-syīn bù dzú shé twūn syàng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "renshin bu tzwu sher tuen shianq"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "жэньсинь бу цзу шэ тунь сян (žɛnʹsinʹ bu czu šɛ tunʹ sjan)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"標準粵語",
"廣州–香港話"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jan⁴ sam¹ bat¹ zuk¹ se⁴ tan¹ zoeng⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"標準粵語",
"廣州–香港話"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "yàhn sām bāt jūk sèh tān jeuhng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"標準粵語",
"廣州–香港話"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jan⁴ sam¹ bat⁷ dzuk⁷ se⁴ tan¹ dzoeng⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"標準粵語",
"廣州–香港話"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yen⁴ sem¹ bed¹ zug¹ sé⁴ ten¹ zêng⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ sɛː²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"標準粵語",
"廣州–香港話"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"福州話",
"平話字"
],
"tags": [
"Eastern Min"
],
"zh_pron": "ìng-*sĭng bók cé̤ṳk siè tŏng chiông"
},
{
"ipa": "/iŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ siŋ⁵⁵ pouʔ²⁴ t͡søyʔ²⁴ sie⁵³ tʰouŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰuɔŋ²⁴²/",
"raw_tags": [
"福州話"
],
"tags": [
"Eastern Min",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "法语",
"lang_code": "fr",
"word": "L'homme dont le cœur n'est jamais satisfait est un serpent qui veut avaler un éléphant"
}
],
"word": "人心不足蛇吞象"
}
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