See 塞翁失馬 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "官話成語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "官話詞元",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「塞」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「失」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「翁」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「馬」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有3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": "漢語成語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "漢語詞元",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "粵語成語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "粵語詞元",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "朝鮮語",
"lang_code": "ko",
"raw_tags": [
"借詞"
],
"roman": "sae'ongsilma",
"word": "새옹실마(塞翁失馬)"
},
{
"lang": "越南語",
"lang_code": "vi",
"raw_tags": [
"借詞"
],
"roman": "塞翁失馬",
"word": "tái ông thất mã"
},
{
"lang": "日語",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "saiō ga uma",
"ruby": [
[
"塞翁",
"さいおう"
],
[
"馬",
"うま"
]
],
"word": "塞翁が馬"
}
],
"etymology_text": "參見塞翁失馬，焉知非福／塞翁失马，焉知非福 (sàiwēng shī mǎ, yānzhī fēi fú)。",
"forms": [
{
"form": "塞翁失马",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "住在邊塞的老翁丟了一匹馬",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"比喻一時的損失，可能帶來意外的好處"
],
"id": "zh-塞翁失馬-zh-phrase-RNgni9tT"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sàiwēngshīmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄞˋ ㄨㄥ ㄕ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coi³ jung¹ sat¹ maa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sàiwēngshīmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄞˋ ㄨㄥ ㄕ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sàiwongshihmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "sai⁴-wêng¹-shih¹-ma³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sài-wēng-shr̄-mǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "sayuengshymaa"
},
{
"roman": "sajvɛnšima",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "сайвэншима"
},
{
"ipa": "/saɪ̯⁵¹ wəŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coi³ jung¹ sat¹ maa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "choi yūng sāt máh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsoi³ jung¹ sat⁷ maa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "coi³ yung¹ sed¹ ma⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ jʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵ maː¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yīnhuòdéfú",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "因禍得福"
},
{
"roman": "yīnhuòdéfú",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "因祸得福"
},
{
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "北叟失馬"
},
{
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "北叟失马"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "塞翁失馬"
}
{
"categories": [
"官話成語",
"官話詞元",
"帶「塞」的漢語詞",
"帶「失」的漢語詞",
"帶「翁」的漢語詞",
"帶「馬」的漢語詞",
"有3個詞條的頁面",
"有國際音標的漢語詞",
"有詞條的頁面",
"漢語成語",
"漢語詞元",
"粵語成語",
"粵語詞元"
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "朝鮮語",
"lang_code": "ko",
"raw_tags": [
"借詞"
],
"roman": "sae'ongsilma",
"word": "새옹실마(塞翁失馬)"
},
{
"lang": "越南語",
"lang_code": "vi",
"raw_tags": [
"借詞"
],
"roman": "塞翁失馬",
"word": "tái ông thất mã"
},
{
"lang": "日語",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "saiō ga uma",
"ruby": [
[
"塞翁",
"さいおう"
],
[
"馬",
"うま"
]
],
"word": "塞翁が馬"
}
],
"etymology_text": "參見塞翁失馬，焉知非福／塞翁失马，焉知非福 (sàiwēng shī mǎ, yānzhī fēi fú)。",
"forms": [
{
"form": "塞翁失马",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "住在邊塞的老翁丟了一匹馬",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"比喻一時的損失，可能帶來意外的好處"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sàiwēngshīmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄞˋ ㄨㄥ ㄕ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coi³ jung¹ sat¹ maa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sàiwēngshīmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄙㄞˋ ㄨㄥ ㄕ ㄇㄚˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sàiwongshihmǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "sai⁴-wêng¹-shih¹-ma³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sài-wēng-shr̄-mǎ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "sayuengshymaa"
},
{
"roman": "sajvɛnšima",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "сайвэншима"
},
{
"ipa": "/saɪ̯⁵¹ wəŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coi³ jung¹ sat¹ maa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "choi yūng sāt máh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsoi³ jung¹ sat⁷ maa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "coi³ yung¹ sed¹ ma⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ jʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵ maː¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "yīnhuòdéfú",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "因禍得福"
},
{
"roman": "yīnhuòdéfú",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "因祸得福"
},
{
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "北叟失馬"
},
{
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "北叟失马"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "塞翁失馬"
}
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