"如人飲水,冷暖自知" meaning in All languages combined

See 如人飲水,冷暖自知 on Wiktionary

Proverb [漢語]

IPA: /ʐu³⁵ ʐən³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jyː²¹ jɐn²¹ jɐm³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ laːŋ¹³ nyːn¹³ t͡siː²² t͡siː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, IPA] Forms: 如人饮水,冷暖自知 [Simplified Chinese]
Etymology: 來自《景德傳燈錄·卷第四》。
  1. 人必須要親身經歷,才能真切的體會事理 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-如人飲水,冷暖自知-zh-proverb-qxgMYjkB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「人」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「冷」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「如」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「暖」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「水」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「知」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「自」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「飲」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": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "來自《景德傳燈錄·卷第四》。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "如人饮水,冷暖自知",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "只有喝水的人知道水是溫還是冷",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "pos_title": "諺語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "人必須要親身經歷,才能真切的體會事理"
      ],
      "id": "zh-如人飲水,冷暖自知-zh-proverb-qxgMYjkB",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rú rén yǐnshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lěngnuǎn zìzhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄓ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jan⁴ jam² seoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laang⁵ nyun⁵ zi⁶ zi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rú rén yǐnshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lěngnuǎn zìzhī [實際讀音:rúrényínshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "léngnuǎnzìzhī]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄓ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rú rén yǐnshuěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lěngnuǎn zìhjhih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ju² jên² yin³-shui³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lêng³-nuan³ tzŭ⁴-chih¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rú rén yǐn-shwěi-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lěng-nwǎn dz̀-jr̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ru ren yiinshoei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "leengnoan tzyhjy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жу жэнь иньшуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лэннуань цзычжи (žu žɛnʹ inʹšuj"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lɛnnuanʹ czyčži)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐu³⁵ ʐən³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jan⁴ jam² seoi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laang⁵ nyun⁵ zi⁶ zi¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùh yàhn yám séui"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láahng nyúhn jih jī"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jy⁴ jan⁴ jam² soey²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laang⁵ nyn⁵ dzi⁶ dzi¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu⁴ yen⁴ yem² sêu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lang⁵ nün⁵ ji⁶ ji¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ jɐn²¹ jɐm³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ laːŋ¹³ nyːn¹³ t͡siː²² t͡siː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "如人飲水,冷暖自知"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話詞元",
    "官話諺語",
    "帶「人」的漢語詞",
    "帶「冷」的漢語詞",
    "帶「如」的漢語詞",
    "帶「暖」的漢語詞",
    "帶「水」的漢語詞",
    "帶「知」的漢語詞",
    "帶「自」的漢語詞",
    "帶「飲」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",
    "漢語詞元",
    "漢語諺語",
    "粵語詞元",
    "粵語諺語"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "來自《景德傳燈錄·卷第四》。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "如人饮水,冷暖自知",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "只有喝水的人知道水是溫還是冷",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "pos_title": "諺語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "人必須要親身經歷,才能真切的體會事理"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rú rén yǐnshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lěngnuǎn zìzhī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄓ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jan⁴ jam² seoi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laang⁵ nyun⁵ zi⁶ zi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rú rén yǐnshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lěngnuǎn zìzhī [實際讀音:rúrényínshuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "léngnuǎnzìzhī]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄓ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rú rén yǐnshuěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lěngnuǎn zìhjhih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ju² jên² yin³-shui³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lêng³-nuan³ tzŭ⁴-chih¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rú rén yǐn-shwěi-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lěng-nwǎn dz̀-jr̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ru ren yiinshoei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "leengnoan tzyhjy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жу жэнь иньшуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лэннуань цзычжи (žu žɛnʹ inʹšuj"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lɛnnuanʹ czyčži)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐu³⁵ ʐən³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jan⁴ jam² seoi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laang⁵ nyun⁵ zi⁶ zi¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yùh yàhn yám séui"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láahng nyúhn jih jī"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jy⁴ jan⁴ jam² soey²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laang⁵ nyn⁵ dzi⁶ dzi¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu⁴ yen⁴ yem² sêu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lang⁵ nün⁵ ji⁶ ji¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ jɐn²¹ jɐm³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ laːŋ¹³ nyːn¹³ t͡siː²² t͡siː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "如人飲水,冷暖自知"
}

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