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"name": "帶「沸」的漢語詞",
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"name": "帶「湯」的漢語詞",
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"form": "扬汤止沸，不如去薪",
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"pos": "proverb",
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11
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"ref": "《三國演義》，約公元14世紀",
"roman": "Chén wén yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrúqùxīn; kuì yōng suī tòng, shèng yú yǎng dú.",
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],
"text": "臣聞揚湯止沸，不如去薪；潰癰雖痛，勝於養毒。"
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11
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"roman": "Chén wén yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrúqùxīn; kuì yōng suī tòng, shèng yú yǎng dú.",
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],
"text": "臣闻扬汤止沸，不如去薪；溃痈虽痛，胜于养毒。"
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"zh_pron": "yángtāngzhǐfèi"
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{
"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "bùrú qù xīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄤ ㄓˇ ㄈㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángtāngzhǐfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùrú qù xīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄤ ㄓˇ ㄈㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángtangjhǐhfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùrú cyù sin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yang²-tʻang¹-chih³-fei⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-ju² chʻü⁴ hsin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yáng-tāng-jř-fèi-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-rú chyù syīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yangtangjyyfey"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "buru chiuh shin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "янтанчжифэй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бужу цюй синь (jantančžifɛj"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "bužu cjuj sinʹ)"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Standard Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"word": "揚湯止沸，不如去薪"
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"帶「去」的漢語詞",
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"帶「揚」的漢語詞",
"帶「止」的漢語詞",
"帶「沸」的漢語詞",
"帶「湯」的漢語詞",
"帶「薪」的漢語詞",
"有1個詞條的頁面",
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"有詞條的頁面",
"漢語詞元",
"漢語諺語"
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],
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2,
11
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],
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"roman": "Chén wén yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrúqùxīn; kuì yōng suī tòng, shèng yú yǎng dú.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written vernacular Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"text": "臣聞揚湯止沸，不如去薪；潰癰雖痛，勝於養毒。"
},
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9,
34
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],
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[
2,
11
]
],
"ref": "《三國演義》，約公元14世紀",
"roman": "Chén wén yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrúqùxīn; kuì yōng suī tòng, shèng yú yǎng dú.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written vernacular Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"text": "臣闻扬汤止沸，不如去薪；溃痈虽痛，胜于养毒。"
}
],
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"必須從根本和癥結所在去解決問題"
],
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]
}
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"zh_pron": "yángtāngzhǐfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùrú qù xīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄤ ㄓˇ ㄈㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángtāngzhǐfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùrú qù xīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄤ ㄓˇ ㄈㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángtangjhǐhfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùrú cyù sin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yang²-tʻang¹-chih³-fei⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-ju² chʻü⁴ hsin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yáng-tāng-jř-fèi-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-rú chyù syīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yangtangjyyfey"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "buru chiuh shin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "янтанчжифэй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бужу цюй синь (jantančžifɛj"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "bužu cjuj sinʹ)"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "揚湯止沸，不如去薪"
}
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