See 揚湯止沸 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "官話成語",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "官話詞元",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「揚」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「止」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「沸」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「湯」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"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrú qù xīn",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "揚湯止沸，不如去薪"
},
{
"roman": "yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrú qù xīn",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "扬汤止沸，不如去薪"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "扬汤止沸",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "將鍋中的沸水舀起，再倒回去，以止住沸騰",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"name": "有引文的文言文詞",
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],
"examples": [
{
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84,
98
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
23,
27
]
],
"ref": "陳壽，《三國志》，約公元3世紀",
"roman": "Chén zuì yīng qīng zōng, huò yīng fù zú. Zāo qiánkūn zhī líng, zhí shí lái zhī yùn, yángtāngzhǐfèi shǐ bù jiāolàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical-Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "臣罪應傾宗，禍應覆族。遭乾坤之靈，值時來之運，揚湯止沸使不燋爛。"
},
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84,
98
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
23,
27
]
],
"ref": "陳壽，《三國志》，約公元3世紀",
"roman": "Chén zuì yīng qīng zōng, huò yīng fù zú. Zāo qiánkūn zhī líng, zhí shí lái zhī yùn, yángtāngzhǐfèi shǐ bù jiāolàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical-Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "臣罪应倾宗，祸应覆族。遭干坤之灵，值时来之运，扬汤止沸使不燋烂。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"暫時紓解危急的困境"
],
"id": "zh-揚湯止沸-zh-phrase-PffXvR0G",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"治標而不治本，沒有根本解決問題"
],
"id": "zh-揚湯止沸-zh-phrase-bg1pxMXt",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángtāngzhǐfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄤ ㄓˇ ㄈㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ tong¹ zi² fai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángtāngzhǐfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄤ ㄓˇ ㄈㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángtangjhǐhfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yang²-tʻang¹-chih³-fei⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yáng-tāng-jř-fèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yangtangjyyfey"
},
{
"roman": "jantančžifɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "янтанчжифэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ tong¹ zi² fai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "yèuhng tōng jí fai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ tong¹ dzi² fai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yêng⁴ tong¹ ji² fei³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jœːŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ fɐi̯³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "揚湯止沸"
}
{
"categories": [
"官話成語",
"官話詞元",
"帶「揚」的漢語詞",
"帶「止」的漢語詞",
"帶「沸」的漢語詞",
"帶「湯」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"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrú qù xīn",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "揚湯止沸，不如去薪"
},
{
"roman": "yángtāngzhǐfèi, bùrú qù xīn",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "扬汤止沸，不如去薪"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "扬汤止沸",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "將鍋中的沸水舀起，再倒回去，以止住沸騰",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"有引文的文言文詞"
],
"examples": [
{
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84,
98
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
23,
27
]
],
"ref": "陳壽，《三國志》，約公元3世紀",
"roman": "Chén zuì yīng qīng zōng, huò yīng fù zú. Zāo qiánkūn zhī líng, zhí shí lái zhī yùn, yángtāngzhǐfèi shǐ bù jiāolàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical-Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "臣罪應傾宗，禍應覆族。遭乾坤之靈，值時來之運，揚湯止沸使不燋爛。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
84,
98
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
23,
27
]
],
"ref": "陳壽，《三國志》，約公元3世紀",
"roman": "Chén zuì yīng qīng zōng, huò yīng fù zú. Zāo qiánkūn zhī líng, zhí shí lái zhī yùn, yángtāngzhǐfèi shǐ bù jiāolàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical-Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "臣罪应倾宗，祸应覆族。遭干坤之灵，值时来之运，扬汤止沸使不燋烂。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"暫時紓解危急的困境"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"治標而不治本，沒有根本解決問題"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángtāngzhǐfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄤ ㄓˇ ㄈㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ tong¹ zi² fai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángtāngzhǐfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄤ ㄓˇ ㄈㄟˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yángtangjhǐhfèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yang²-tʻang¹-chih³-fei⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yáng-tāng-jř-fèi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yangtangjyyfey"
},
{
"roman": "jantančžifɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "янтанчжифэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ tong¹ zi² fai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "yèuhng tōng jí fai"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "joeng⁴ tong¹ dzi² fai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yêng⁴ tong¹ ji² fei³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jœːŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ fɐi̯³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "揚湯止沸"
}
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