See 顧左右而言他 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "帶「言」的漢語詞",
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"ref": "《孟子》，約公元前4世紀",
"roman": "Yuē: “Sìjìng zhī nèi bù zhì, zé rú zhī hé?” Wáng gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā.",
"tags": [
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"text": "曰：「四境之內不治，則如之何？」王顧左右而言他。",
"translation": "孟子又說：「如果一個國家不能治理好，那又該怎麼辦呢？」齊宣王左右張望，把話題扯到其他事情上去了。"
},
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"ref": "《孟子》，約公元前4世紀",
"roman": "Yuē: “Sìjìng zhī nèi bù zhì, zé rú zhī hé?” Wáng gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"text": "曰：「四境之内不治，则如之何？」王顾左右而言他。",
"translation": "孟子又說：「如果一個國家不能治理好，那又該怎麼辦呢？」齊宣王左右張望，把話題扯到其他事情上去了。"
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"etymology_text": "出自《孟子·梁惠王下》第六節：",
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"ref": "2011年，余建明，《關於地理學的100個故事》，第129頁",
"roman": "Yúshì, tā yòng yǎnjiǎo de yúguāng sǎoshì le yīxià sìzhōu, fāxiàn pángbiān tàijiān yě fēnfēn xiàng tā shǐ yǎnsè, biàn gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā, yòng “rén zìrán shì pà guǐ” de huà fūyǎn liǎoshì.",
"tags": [
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"Standard Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
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"text": "於是，他用眼角的餘光掃視了一下四周，發現旁邊太監也紛紛向他使眼色，便顧左右而言他，用「人自然是怕鬼」的話敷衍了事。"
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"ref": "2011年，余建明，《關於地理學的100個故事》，第129頁",
"roman": "Yúshì, tā yòng yǎnjiǎo de yúguāng sǎoshì le yīxià sìzhōu, fāxiàn pángbiān tàijiān yě fēnfēn xiàng tā shǐ yǎnsè, biàn gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā, yòng “rén zìrán shì pà guǐ” de huà fūyǎn liǎoshì.",
"tags": [
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"text": "于是，他用眼角的余光扫视了一下四周，发现旁边太监也纷纷向他使眼色，便顾左右而言他，用「人自然是怕鬼」的话敷衍了事。"
}
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"zh_pron": "gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā"
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄦˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"zh_pron": "gu³ zo² jau⁶ ji⁴ jin⁴ taa¹"
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{
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"zh_pron": "gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā"
},
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"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄦˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄚ"
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"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ku⁴ tso³-yu⁴ êrh² yen² tʻa¹"
},
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"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gù dzwǒ-yòu ér yán tā"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "guh tzuooyow erl yan ta"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гу цзою эр янь та (gu czoju er janʹ ta)"
},
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"ipa": "/ku⁵¹ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ jɛn³⁵⁻⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "gu³ zo² jau⁶ ji⁴ jin⁴ taa¹"
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"zh_pron": "gu jó yauh yìh yìhn tā"
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"zh_pron": "gu³ dzo² jau⁶ ji⁴ jin⁴ taa¹"
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
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"zh_pron": "gu³ zo² yeo⁶ yi⁴ yin⁴ ta¹"
},
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"word": "顧左右而言他"
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"帶「而」的漢語詞",
"帶「言」的漢語詞",
"帶「顧」的漢語詞",
"有1個詞條的頁面",
"有國際音標的漢語詞",
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"roman": "Yuē: “Sìjìng zhī nèi bù zhì, zé rú zhī hé?” Wáng gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"text": "曰：「四境之內不治，則如之何？」王顧左右而言他。",
"translation": "孟子又說：「如果一個國家不能治理好，那又該怎麼辦呢？」齊宣王左右張望，把話題扯到其他事情上去了。"
},
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"ref": "《孟子》，約公元前4世紀",
"roman": "Yuē: “Sìjìng zhī nèi bù zhì, zé rú zhī hé?” Wáng gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"text": "曰：「四境之内不治，则如之何？」王顾左右而言他。",
"translation": "孟子又說：「如果一個國家不能治理好，那又該怎麼辦呢？」齊宣王左右張望，把話題扯到其他事情上去了。"
}
],
"etymology_text": "出自《孟子·梁惠王下》第六節：",
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"Simplified Chinese"
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"ref": "2011年，余建明，《關於地理學的100個故事》，第129頁",
"roman": "Yúshì, tā yòng yǎnjiǎo de yúguāng sǎoshì le yīxià sìzhōu, fāxiàn pángbiān tàijiān yě fēnfēn xiàng tā shǐ yǎnsè, biàn gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā, yòng “rén zìrán shì pà guǐ” de huà fūyǎn liǎoshì.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"text": "於是，他用眼角的餘光掃視了一下四周，發現旁邊太監也紛紛向他使眼色，便顧左右而言他，用「人自然是怕鬼」的話敷衍了事。"
},
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"ref": "2011年，余建明，《關於地理學的100個故事》，第129頁",
"roman": "Yúshì, tā yòng yǎnjiǎo de yúguāng sǎoshì le yīxià sìzhōu, fāxiàn pángbiān tàijiān yě fēnfēn xiàng tā shǐ yǎnsè, biàn gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā, yòng “rén zìrán shì pà guǐ” de huà fūyǎn liǎoshì.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"text": "于是，他用眼角的余光扫视了一下四周，发现旁边太监也纷纷向他使眼色，便顾左右而言他，用「人自然是怕鬼」的话敷衍了事。"
}
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"閃避主題而談論別的事情"
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}
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"zh_pron": "gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā"
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"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄦˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄚ"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh_pron": "gu³ zo² jau⁶ ji⁴ jin⁴ taa¹"
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"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā"
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"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄦˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄚ"
},
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"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "gù zuǒyòu ér yán ta"
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"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
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"zh_pron": "ku⁴ tso³-yu⁴ êrh² yen² tʻa¹"
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"Standard Chinese",
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"zh_pron": "gù dzwǒ-yòu ér yán tā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "guh tzuooyow erl yan ta"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гу цзою эр янь та (gu czoju er janʹ ta)"
},
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"ipa": "/ku⁵¹ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ jɛn³⁵⁻⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
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"zh_pron": "gu³ zo² jau⁶ ji⁴ jin⁴ taa¹"
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"zh_pron": "gu jó yauh yìh yìhn tā"
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"廣州–香港話"
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"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "gu³ dzo² jau⁶ ji⁴ jin⁴ taa¹"
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"zh_pron": "gu³ zo² yeo⁶ yi⁴ yin⁴ ta¹"
},
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"ipa": "/kuː³³ t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐu̯²² jiː²¹ jiːn²¹ tʰaː⁵⁵/",
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"word": "支吾其詞"
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"word": "顧左右而言他"
}
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