See 大海撈針 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「大」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「撈」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「海」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「針」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
"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"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "大海捞针",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"比喻極難做成的事。"
],
"id": "zh-大海撈針-zh-phrase-wANDolB4"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau¹ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² lou⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilaojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ta⁴-hai³-lao¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dà-hǎi-lāu-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "dahhaelhaujen"
},
{
"roman": "daxajlaočžɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "дахайлаочжэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau¹ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² lou⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daaih hói làauh jām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daaih hói lāau jām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daaih hói lòuh jām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau¹ dzam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² lou⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dai⁶ hoi² lao⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dai⁶ hoi² lao¹ zem¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dai⁶ hoi² lou⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ lou̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "hǎidǐlāozhēn",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"roman": "hǎidǐlāozhēn",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底捞针"
},
{
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底摸针"
},
{
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "东海捞针"
},
{
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底捞针"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "英語",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "needle in a haystack"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "доставать"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "иглу"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "моря"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "искать"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "иголку"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "стоге"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "сена"
}
],
"word": "大海撈針"
}
{
"categories": [
"官話成語",
"官話詞元",
"帶「大」的漢語詞",
"帶「撈」的漢語詞",
"帶「海」的漢語詞",
"帶「針」的漢語詞",
"有國際音標的漢語詞",
"漢語成語",
"漢語詞元",
"粵語成語",
"粵語詞元"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "大海捞针",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"比喻極難做成的事。"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau¹ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² lou⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilāozhēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄠ ㄓㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàhǎilaojhen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ta⁴-hai³-lao¹-chên¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dà-hǎi-lāu-jēn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "dahhaelhaujen"
},
{
"roman": "daxajlaočžɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "дахайлаочжэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau¹ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² lou⁴ zam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daaih hói làauh jām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daaih hói lāau jām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daaih hói lòuh jām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² laau¹ dzam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ hoi² lou⁴ dzam¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dai⁶ hoi² lao⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dai⁶ hoi² lao¹ zem¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dai⁶ hoi² lou⁴ zem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ laːu̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ lou̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "hǎidǐlāozhēn",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底撈針"
},
{
"roman": "hǎidǐlāozhēn",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底捞针"
},
{
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底摸針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "海底摸针"
},
{
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "東海撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "东海捞针"
},
{
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底撈針"
},
{
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "水底捞针"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "英語",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "needle in a haystack"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "доставать"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "иглу"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "моря"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "искать"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "иголку"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "стоге"
},
{
"lang": "俄语",
"lang_code": "ru",
"word": "сена"
}
],
"word": "大海撈針"
}
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