See 鞭長莫及 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "rúbìshǐzhǐ",
"word": "如臂使指"
},
{
"roman": "jìnshuǐlóutái",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "近水樓臺"
},
{
"roman": "jìnshuǐlóutái",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "近水楼台"
}
],
"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「及」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「莫」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「長」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「鞭」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": "有引文的文言文詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有詞條的頁面",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "泉漳話成語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "泉漳話詞元",
"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"
}
],
"etymology_examples": [
{
"ref": "《左傳》，約公元前4世紀",
"roman": "Suī biān zhī cháng, bùjí mǎ fù.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical-Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "雖鞭之長，不及馬腹。",
"translation": "馬鞭雖長，但卻打不到馬腹。"
},
{
"ref": "《左傳》，約公元前4世紀",
"roman": "Suī biān zhī cháng, bùjí mǎ fù.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical-Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "虽鞭之长，不及马腹。",
"translation": "馬鞭雖長，但卻打不到馬腹。"
}
],
"etymology_text": "出自《左傳．宣公十五年》：",
"forms": [
{
"form": "鞭长莫及",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有引文的官話詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
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32,
45
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
13
]
],
"ref": "《歧路燈》第一○回",
"roman": "Kuàngqiě yòuyǒu jiāshì zài xīn, biānchángmòjí, bù sè yǒuxiē mènmèn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "況且又有家事在心，鞭長莫及，不色有些悶悶。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
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32,
45
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
13
]
],
"ref": "《歧路燈》第一○回",
"roman": "Kuàngqiě yòuyǒu jiāshì zài xīn, biānchángmòjí, bù sè yǒuxiē mènmèn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "况且又有家事在心，鞭长莫及，不色有些闷闷。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
35,
48
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
15
]
],
"ref": "《官場現形記》第五四回",
"roman": "Chúdiào fùdì lǐ jǐ xǐng, wàiguórén biānchángmòjí, qíyú de suīrán méiyǒu bǎi zài miànzi shàng guāfēn, àndìlǐ dōu gè yǒule zhǔr le.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "除掉腹地裡幾省，外國人鞭長莫及，其餘的雖然沒有擺在面子上瓜分，暗地裡都各有了主兒了。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
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35,
48
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
15
]
],
"ref": "《官場現形記》第五四回",
"roman": "Chúdiào fùdì lǐ jǐ xǐng, wàiguórén biānchángmòjí, qíyú de suīrán méiyǒu bǎi zài miànzi shàng guāfēn, àndìlǐ dōu gè yǒule zhǔr le.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "除掉腹地里几省，外国人鞭长莫及，其余的虽然没有摆在面子上瓜分，暗地里都各有了主儿了。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"力量有所不及"
],
"id": "zh-鞭長莫及-zh-phrase-7JJbHbPG",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biānchángmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bin¹ coeng⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh_pron": "pian-tiông-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biānchángmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bianchángmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pien¹-chʻang²-mo⁴-chi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "byān-cháng-mwò-jí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "biancharngmohjyi"
},
{
"roman": "bjanʹčanmoczi",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "бяньчанмоцзи"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bin¹ coeng⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bīn chèuhng mohk kahp"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bin¹ tsoeng⁴ mok⁹ kap⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bin¹ cêng⁴ mog⁶ keb⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/piːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh_pron": "pian-tiông-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tâi-lô"
],
"zh_pron": "pian-tiông-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "piendiongbogkip"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn³³ ti̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti̯ɔŋ¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taibei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti̯ɔŋ²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "鞭不及腹"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "鞭長莫及"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "rúbìshǐzhǐ",
"word": "如臂使指"
},
{
"roman": "jìnshuǐlóutái",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "近水樓臺"
},
{
"roman": "jìnshuǐlóutái",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "近水楼台"
}
],
"categories": [
"官話成語",
"官話詞元",
"帶「及」的漢語詞",
"帶「莫」的漢語詞",
"帶「長」的漢語詞",
"帶「鞭」的漢語詞",
"有1個詞條的頁面",
"有國際音標的漢語詞",
"有引文的文言文詞",
"有詞條的頁面",
"泉漳話成語",
"泉漳話詞元",
"漢語成語",
"漢語詞元",
"粵語成語",
"粵語詞元"
],
"etymology_examples": [
{
"ref": "《左傳》，約公元前4世紀",
"roman": "Suī biān zhī cháng, bùjí mǎ fù.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical-Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "雖鞭之長，不及馬腹。",
"translation": "馬鞭雖長，但卻打不到馬腹。"
},
{
"ref": "《左傳》，約公元前4世紀",
"roman": "Suī biān zhī cháng, bùjí mǎ fù.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical-Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "虽鞭之长，不及马腹。",
"translation": "馬鞭雖長，但卻打不到馬腹。"
}
],
"etymology_text": "出自《左傳．宣公十五年》：",
"forms": [
{
"form": "鞭长莫及",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"有引文的官話詞"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
32,
45
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
13
]
],
"ref": "《歧路燈》第一○回",
"roman": "Kuàngqiě yòuyǒu jiāshì zài xīn, biānchángmòjí, bù sè yǒuxiē mènmèn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "況且又有家事在心，鞭長莫及，不色有些悶悶。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
32,
45
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
13
]
],
"ref": "《歧路燈》第一○回",
"roman": "Kuàngqiě yòuyǒu jiāshì zài xīn, biānchángmòjí, bù sè yǒuxiē mènmèn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "况且又有家事在心，鞭长莫及，不色有些闷闷。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
35,
48
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
15
]
],
"ref": "《官場現形記》第五四回",
"roman": "Chúdiào fùdì lǐ jǐ xǐng, wàiguórén biānchángmòjí, qíyú de suīrán méiyǒu bǎi zài miànzi shàng guāfēn, àndìlǐ dōu gè yǒule zhǔr le.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "除掉腹地裡幾省，外國人鞭長莫及，其餘的雖然沒有擺在面子上瓜分，暗地裡都各有了主兒了。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
35,
48
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
15
]
],
"ref": "《官場現形記》第五四回",
"roman": "Chúdiào fùdì lǐ jǐ xǐng, wàiguórén biānchángmòjí, qíyú de suīrán méiyǒu bǎi zài miànzi shàng guāfēn, àndìlǐ dōu gè yǒule zhǔr le.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Written-vernacular-Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "除掉腹地里几省，外国人鞭长莫及，其余的虽然没有摆在面子上瓜分，暗地里都各有了主儿了。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"力量有所不及"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biānchángmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bin¹ coeng⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh_pron": "pian-tiông-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "biānchángmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bianchángmòjí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pien¹-chʻang²-mo⁴-chi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "byān-cháng-mwò-jí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "biancharngmohjyi"
},
{
"roman": "bjanʹčanmoczi",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "бяньчанмоцзи"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bin¹ coeng⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bīn chèuhng mohk kahp"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bin¹ tsoeng⁴ mok⁹ kap⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bin¹ cêng⁴ mog⁶ keb⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/piːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh_pron": "pian-tiông-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tâi-lô"
],
"zh_pron": "pian-tiông-bo̍k-ki̍p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "piendiongbogkip"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn³³ ti̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti̯ɔŋ¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taibei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti̯ɔŋ²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "鞭不及腹"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "鞭長莫及"
}
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