"一言既出,駟馬難追" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [漢語]

IPA: /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ kei̯³³ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ siː³³ maː¹³ naːn²¹ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, IPA] Forms: 一言既出,驷马难追 [Simplified Chinese]
Etymology: 出自《論語·顏淵》:
  1. 說話算話,不再反悔
    Sense id: zh-一言既出,駟馬難追-zh-phrase-irEVEZ1s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 君子一言,駟馬難追 [Traditional Chinese], 君子一言,驷马难追 [Simplified Chinese]
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「一」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「出」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「既」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「言」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「追」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「難」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「馬」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「駟」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有一字而變調為第四聲的官話詞",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
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  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "日語",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ichigon sude ni izureba shiba mo oi gata shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "一言既",
          "いちごんすで"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "駟馬",
          "しば"
        ],
        [
          "追",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "難",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "一言既に出ずれば駟馬も追い難し"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
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      "bold_roman_offsets": [
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          44,
          53
        ]
      ],
      "bold_text_offsets": [
        [
          16,
          20
        ]
      ],
      "ref": "《論語》,約公元前475 – 前221年",
      "roman": "Zǐgòng yuē: “Xī hū! Fūzǐ zhī shuō jūnzǐ yě. Sìbùjíshé.......”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "子貢曰:「惜乎!夫子之說君子也。駟不及舌。……」",
      "translation": "子贡說:「你對高人說的話如此遺憾!話說出口,四匹馬拉的車也追不上。……」"
    },
    {
      "bold_roman_offsets": [
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          44,
          53
        ]
      ],
      "bold_text_offsets": [
        [
          16,
          20
        ]
      ],
      "ref": "《論語》,約公元前475 – 前221年",
      "roman": "Zǐgòng yuē: “Xī hū! Fūzǐ zhī shuō jūnzǐ yě. Sìbùjíshé.......”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "子贡曰:「惜乎!夫子之说君子也。驷不及舌。……」",
      "translation": "子贡說:「你對高人說的話如此遺憾!話說出口,四匹馬拉的車也追不上。……」"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "出自《論語·顏淵》:",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "一言既出,驷马难追",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "一句話說出口,就是四匹馬拉的車也追不上",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
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      "word": "君子一言,駟馬難追"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "君子一言,驷马难追"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "說話算話,不再反悔"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīyánjìchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sìmǎnánzhuī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ gei³ ceot¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si³ maa⁵ naan⁴ zeoi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīyánjìchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sìmǎnánzhuī [實際讀音:yìyánjìchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sìmǎnánzhuī]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiyánjìchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sìhmǎnánjhuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i¹-yen²-chi⁴-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ssŭ⁴-ma³-nan²-chui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yī-yán-jì-chū-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sz̀-mǎ-nán-jwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iyanjihchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syhmaananjuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ияньцзичу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сымананьчжуй (ijanʹcziču"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "symananʹčžuj)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ gei³ ceot¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si³ maa⁵ naan⁴ zeoi¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yāt yìhn gei chēut"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si máh nàahn jēui"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat⁷ jin⁴ gei³ tsoet⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si³ maa⁵ naan⁴ dzoey¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yed¹ yin⁴ géi³ cêd¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xi³ ma⁵ nan⁴ zêu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ kei̯³³ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ siː³³ maː¹³ naːn²¹ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "一言既出,駟馬難追"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "來自《論語》的漢語成語",
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「一」的漢語詞",
    "帶「出」的漢語詞",
    "帶「既」的漢語詞",
    "帶「言」的漢語詞",
    "帶「追」的漢語詞",
    "帶「難」的漢語詞",
    "帶「馬」的漢語詞",
    "帶「駟」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有一字而變調為第四聲的官話詞",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有引文的文言文詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "日語",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ichigon sude ni izureba shiba mo oi gata shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "一言既",
          "いちごんすで"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "駟馬",
          "しば"
        ],
        [
          "追",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "難",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "一言既に出ずれば駟馬も追い難し"
    }
  ],
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    {
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          44,
          53
        ]
      ],
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        [
          16,
          20
        ]
      ],
      "ref": "《論語》,約公元前475 – 前221年",
      "roman": "Zǐgòng yuē: “Xī hū! Fūzǐ zhī shuō jūnzǐ yě. Sìbùjíshé.......”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "子貢曰:「惜乎!夫子之說君子也。駟不及舌。……」",
      "translation": "子贡說:「你對高人說的話如此遺憾!話說出口,四匹馬拉的車也追不上。……」"
    },
    {
      "bold_roman_offsets": [
        [
          44,
          53
        ]
      ],
      "bold_text_offsets": [
        [
          16,
          20
        ]
      ],
      "ref": "《論語》,約公元前475 – 前221年",
      "roman": "Zǐgòng yuē: “Xī hū! Fūzǐ zhī shuō jūnzǐ yě. Sìbùjíshé.......”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "子贡曰:「惜乎!夫子之说君子也。驷不及舌。……」",
      "translation": "子贡說:「你對高人說的話如此遺憾!話說出口,四匹馬拉的車也追不上。……」"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "出自《論語·顏淵》:",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "一言既出,驷马难追",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "一句話說出口,就是四匹馬拉的車也追不上",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "君子一言,駟馬難追"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "君子一言,驷马难追"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "說話算話,不再反悔"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīyánjìchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sìmǎnánzhuī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ gei³ ceot¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si³ maa⁵ naan⁴ zeoi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīyánjìchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sìmǎnánzhuī [實際讀音:yìyánjìchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sìmǎnánzhuī]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiyánjìchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sìhmǎnánjhuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i¹-yen²-chi⁴-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ssŭ⁴-ma³-nan²-chui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yī-yán-jì-chū-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sz̀-mǎ-nán-jwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iyanjihchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syhmaananjuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ияньцзичу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сымананьчжуй (ijanʹcziču"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "symananʹčžuj)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ jin⁴ gei³ ceot¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si³ maa⁵ naan⁴ zeoi¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yāt yìhn gei chēut"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si máh nàahn jēui"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat⁷ jin⁴ gei³ tsoet⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si³ maa⁵ naan⁴ dzoey¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yed¹ yin⁴ géi³ cêd¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xi³ ma⁵ nan⁴ zêu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ kei̯³³ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ siː³³ maː¹³ naːn²¹ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "一言既出,駟馬難追"
}

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