"畏首畏尾" meaning in 漢語

See 畏首畏尾 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵ wɐi̯³³ mei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA]
  1. 形容疑慮顧忌,膽小怕事
    Sense id: zh-畏首畏尾-zh-phrase-1GPWK5q1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 畏頭畏尾 [Traditional-Chinese], 畏头畏尾 [Simplified-Chinese]
{
  "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「尾」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「畏」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「首」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"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "前也畏懼,後也畏懼",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "形容疑慮顧忌,膽小怕事"
      ],
      "id": "zh-畏首畏尾-zh-phrase-1GPWK5q1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei⁴-shou³-wei⁴-wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wèi-shǒu-wèi-wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "weyshoouweywoei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛjšouvɛjvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэйшоувэйвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai sáu wai méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei³ seo² wei³ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵ wɐi̯³³ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "畏頭畏尾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "畏头畏尾"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "畏首畏尾"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「尾」的漢語詞",
    "帶「畏」的漢語詞",
    "帶「首」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"
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "前也畏懼,後也畏懼",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "形容疑慮顧忌,膽小怕事"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei⁴-shou³-wei⁴-wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wèi-shǒu-wèi-wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "weyshoouweywoei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛjšouvɛjvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэйшоувэйвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai sáu wai méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei³ seo² wei³ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵ wɐi̯³³ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "畏頭畏尾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "畏头畏尾"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "畏首畏尾"
}

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