"惡人自有惡人磨" meaning in 漢語

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Proverb

IPA: /ˀɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 恶人自有恶人磨 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 惡毒的人不會有好下場
    Sense id: zh-惡人自有惡人磨-zh-proverb-fPosO9Oc Categories (other): 有引文的官話詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「人」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「惡」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「有」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「磨」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「自」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": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "恶人自有恶人磨",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "兇惡的人自然會有兇惡的人來對付",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "pos_title": "諺語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的官話詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《醒世恆言》第三十四卷",
          "roman": "Tóng pén zhuàng le tiě sǎozhǒu, èrén zì yǒu èrén mó.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "銅盆撞了鐵掃帚,惡人自有惡人磨。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《醒世恆言》第三十四卷",
          "roman": "Tóng pén zhuàng le tiě sǎozhǒu, èrén zì yǒu èrén mó.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "铜盆撞了铁扫帚,恶人自有恶人磨。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "惡毒的人不會有好下場"
      ],
      "id": "zh-惡人自有惡人磨-zh-proverb-fPosO9Oc"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "èrén zì yǒu èrén mó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "èrén zì yǒu èrén mó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "èrén zìh yǒu èrén mó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "o⁴-jên² tzŭ⁴ yu³ o⁴-jên² mo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "è-rén dz̀ yǒu è-rén mwó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ehren tzyh yeou ehren mo"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ežɛnʹ czy ju ežɛnʹ mo",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "эжэнь цзы ю эжэнь мо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "惡人自有惡人磨"
}
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    "官話詞元",
    "官話諺語",
    "帶「人」的漢語詞",
    "帶「惡」的漢語詞",
    "帶「有」的漢語詞",
    "帶「磨」的漢語詞",
    "帶「自」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",
    "漢語詞元",
    "漢語諺語"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "恶人自有恶人磨",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "兇惡的人自然會有兇惡的人來對付",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "pos_title": "諺語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的官話詞"
      ],
      "examples": [
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              32,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《醒世恆言》第三十四卷",
          "roman": "Tóng pén zhuàng le tiě sǎozhǒu, èrén zì yǒu èrén mó.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "銅盆撞了鐵掃帚,惡人自有惡人磨。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《醒世恆言》第三十四卷",
          "roman": "Tóng pén zhuàng le tiě sǎozhǒu, èrén zì yǒu èrén mó.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "铜盆撞了铁扫帚,恶人自有恶人磨。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "惡毒的人不會有好下場"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "èrén zì yǒu èrén mó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "èrén zì yǒu èrén mó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄛˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "èrén zìh yǒu èrén mó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "o⁴-jên² tzŭ⁴ yu³ o⁴-jên² mo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "è-rén dz̀ yǒu è-rén mwó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ehren tzyh yeou ehren mo"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ežɛnʹ czy ju ežɛnʹ mo",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "эжэнь цзы ю эжэнь мо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "惡人自有惡人磨"
}

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