See 孤掌難鳴 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「孤」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「掌」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「難」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「鳴」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"
},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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}
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"forms": [
{
"form": "孤掌难鸣",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "一只巴掌难以拍响",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
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"name": "有引文的官話詞",
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
49,
63
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
13,
17
]
],
"ref": "《三國演義》，約公元14世紀",
"roman": "Fēng shùn shuǐ jí, wàng zhōngliú ér qù. Zhào Yún gūzhǎngnánmíng, zhǐ hù dé Ādǒu, ān néng yí zhōu bàng àn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written vernacular Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "風順水急，望中流而去。趙雲孤掌難鳴，只護得阿斗，安能移舟傍岸。"
},
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49,
63
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],
"bold_text_offsets": [
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13,
17
]
],
"ref": "《三國演義》，約公元14世紀",
"roman": "Fēng shùn shuǐ jí, wàng zhōngliú ér qù. Zhào Yún gūzhǎngnánmíng, zhǐ hù dé Ādǒu, ān néng yí zhōu bàng àn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written vernacular Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "风顺水急，望中流而去。赵云孤掌难鸣，只护得阿斗，安能移舟傍岸。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"比喻勢單力薄，難以成事。"
],
"id": "zh-孤掌難鳴-zh-phrase-oT07jeGa",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gūzhǎngnànmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨ ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gūzhǎngnànmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨ ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gujhǎngnànmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ku¹-chang³-nan⁴-ming²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gū-jǎng-nàn-míng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "gujaangnannming"
},
{
"roman": "gučžannanʹmin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гучжаннаньмин"
},
{
"ipa": "/ku⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "孤掌難鳴"
}
{
"categories": [
"官話成語",
"官話詞元",
"帶「孤」的漢語詞",
"帶「掌」的漢語詞",
"帶「難」的漢語詞",
"帶「鳴」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",
"漢語成語",
"漢語詞元"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "孤掌难鸣",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "一只巴掌难以拍响",
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"pos_title": "成語",
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{
"categories": [
"有引文的官話詞"
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49,
63
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],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
13,
17
]
],
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"roman": "Fēng shùn shuǐ jí, wàng zhōngliú ér qù. Zhào Yún gūzhǎngnánmíng, zhǐ hù dé Ādǒu, ān néng yí zhōu bàng àn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written vernacular Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "風順水急，望中流而去。趙雲孤掌難鳴，只護得阿斗，安能移舟傍岸。"
},
{
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[
49,
63
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
13,
17
]
],
"ref": "《三國演義》，約公元14世紀",
"roman": "Fēng shùn shuǐ jí, wàng zhōngliú ér qù. Zhào Yún gūzhǎngnánmíng, zhǐ hù dé Ādǒu, ān néng yí zhōu bàng àn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written vernacular Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "风顺水急，望中流而去。赵云孤掌难鸣，只护得阿斗，安能移舟傍岸。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"比喻勢單力薄，難以成事。"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gūzhǎngnànmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨ ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gūzhǎngnànmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨ ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gujhǎngnànmíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ku¹-chang³-nan⁴-ming²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gū-jǎng-nàn-míng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "gujaangnannming"
},
{
"roman": "gučžannanʹmin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гучжаннаньмин"
},
{
"ipa": "/ku⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "孤掌難鳴"
}
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