"挑肥揀瘦" meaning in 漢語

See 挑肥揀瘦 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ fei̯²¹ kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³³/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 挑肥拣瘦 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 只要对自己有好处的东西,含有自私自利的意思。 Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: zh-挑肥揀瘦-zh-phrase-llSw3hWv Categories (other): 漢語貶義用語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 拈輕怕重 [Traditional-Chinese], 拈轻怕重 [Simplified-Chinese], 挑三揀四 (tiāosānjiǎnsì) [Traditional-Chinese], 挑三拣四 (tiāosānjiǎnsì) [Simplified-Chinese]
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xiānrénhòujǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "先人後己"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānrénhòujǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "先人后己"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "舍己爲人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "舍己为人"
    }
  ],
  "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「挑」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「揀」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「瘦」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「肥」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": "挑肥拣瘦",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "漢語貶義用語",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "只要对自己有好处的东西,含有自私自利的意思。"
      ],
      "id": "zh-挑肥揀瘦-zh-phrase-llSw3hWv",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄧㄠ ㄈㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiu¹ fei⁴ gaan² sau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄧㄠ ㄈㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiaoféijiǎnshòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻiao¹-fei²-chien³-shou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tyāu-féi-jyǎn-shòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiaufeirjeanshow"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tjaofɛjczjanʹšou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тяофэйцзяньшоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiu¹ fei⁴ gaan² sau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tīu fèih gáan sau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiu¹ fei⁴ gaan² sau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiu¹ féi⁴ gan² seo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ fei̯²¹ kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "拈輕怕重"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "拈轻怕重"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiāosānjiǎnsì",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "挑三揀四"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiāosānjiǎnsì",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "挑三拣四"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "挑肥揀瘦"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xiānrénhòujǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "先人後己"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānrénhòujǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "先人后己"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "舍己爲人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "舍己为人"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「挑」的漢語詞",
    "帶「揀」的漢語詞",
    "帶「瘦」的漢語詞",
    "帶「肥」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",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "挑肥拣瘦",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "漢語貶義用語"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "只要对自己有好处的东西,含有自私自利的意思。"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄧㄠ ㄈㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiu¹ fei⁴ gaan² sau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄧㄠ ㄈㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiaoféijiǎnshòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻiao¹-fei²-chien³-shou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tyāu-féi-jyǎn-shòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiaufeirjeanshow"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tjaofɛjczjanʹšou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тяофэйцзяньшоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiu¹ fei⁴ gaan² sau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tīu fèih gáan sau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiu¹ fei⁴ gaan² sau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiu¹ féi⁴ gan² seo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ fei̯²¹ kaːn³⁵ sɐu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "拈輕怕重"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "拈轻怕重"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiāosānjiǎnsì",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "挑三揀四"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiāosānjiǎnsì",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "挑三拣四"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "挑肥揀瘦"
}

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