"臨時抱佛腳" meaning in 漢語

See 臨時抱佛腳 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /lin³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lɐm²¹ siː²¹ pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 临时抱佛脚 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 平時不關心準備,事到臨頭才慌忙動作
    Sense id: zh-臨時抱佛腳-zh-phrase-kGuKzo~q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 官話俗語, 官話詞元, 帶「佛」的漢語詞, 帶「抱」的漢語詞, 帶「時」的漢語詞, 帶「腳」的漢語詞, 帶「臨」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, 漢語俗語, 漢語詞元, 粵語俗語, 粵語詞元 Synonyms: 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo) [Traditional-Chinese], 平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo) [Simplified-Chinese], 急來抱佛腳 [literary, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 急時抱佛腳 [literary, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 急則抱佛腳 [literary, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 抱佛腳 [literary, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 抱佛腳 [Northeastern-Mandarin], 閒時唔燒香,急時抱佛腳 [Cantonese], 臨急抱佛腳 [Cantonese], 抱佛跤 [Min-Bei], 抱佛跤 [Min-Nan, Xiamen]
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「抱」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「時」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「腳」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「臨」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": "漢語俗語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語俗語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "临时抱佛脚",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
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    {
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        "平時不關心準備,事到臨頭才慌忙動作"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línshí bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línshí bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línshíh bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lin²-shih² pao⁴ fo²-chiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lín-shŕ bàu fwó-jyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "linshyr baw forjeau"
    },
    {
      "roman": "linʹši bao foczjao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "линьши бао фоцзяо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "làhm sìh póuh faht geuk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁹ goek⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lem⁴ xi⁴ pou⁵ fed⁶ gêg³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɐm²¹ siː²¹ pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急來抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急則抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "廣州"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "閒時唔燒香,急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "香港"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "建甌"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛跤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛跤"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話俗語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「佛」的漢語詞",
    "帶「抱」的漢語詞",
    "帶「時」的漢語詞",
    "帶「腳」的漢語詞",
    "帶「臨」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",
    "漢語俗語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語俗語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "临时抱佛脚",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "平時不關心準備,事到臨頭才慌忙動作"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línshí bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línshí bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "línshíh bào fójiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lin²-shih² pao⁴ fo²-chiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lín-shŕ bàu fwó-jyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "linshyr baw forjeau"
    },
    {
      "roman": "linʹši bao foczjao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "линьши бао фоцзяо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lin³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁶ goek³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "làhm sìh póuh faht geuk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lam⁴ si⁴ pou⁵ fat⁹ goek⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lem⁴ xi⁴ pou⁵ fed⁶ gêg³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɐm²¹ siː²¹ pʰou̯¹³ fɐt̚² kœːk̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急來抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "急則抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "臺灣"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "廣州"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "閒時唔燒香,急時抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "香港"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "臨急抱佛腳"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "建甌"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛跤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "抱佛跤"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "臨時抱佛腳"
}

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