"望塵莫及" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [漢語]

IPA: /wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɐn²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taibei], /bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tin²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 望尘莫及 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 遠遠落後在他人之後
    Sense id: zh-望塵莫及-zh-phrase-Q5OgWPdE Categories (other): 漢語謙遜用語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
{
  "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「塵」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「望」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「莫」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": "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"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "望尘莫及",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "只能遠望前面車馬揚起的塵土而無法趕上",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "漢語謙遜用語",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "遠遠落後在他人之後"
      ],
      "id": "zh-望塵莫及-zh-phrase-Q5OgWPdE",
      "raw_tags": [
        "通常用於謙遜"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mong⁶ can⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wang⁴-chʻên²-mo⁴-chi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàng-chén-mwò-jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wanqchernmohjyi"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vančɛnʹmoczi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ванчэньмоцзи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mong⁶ can⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mohng chàhn mohk kahp"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mong⁶ tsan⁴ mok⁹ kap⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mong⁶ cen⁴ mog⁶ keb⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɐn²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "boxngdinbogkip"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tin²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "望塵莫及"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「及」的漢語詞",
    "帶「塵」的漢語詞",
    "帶「望」的漢語詞",
    "帶「莫」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",
    "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"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "望尘莫及",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "只能遠望前面車馬揚起的塵土而無法趕上",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "漢語謙遜用語"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "遠遠落後在他人之後"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "通常用於謙遜"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mong⁶ can⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàngchénmòjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wang⁴-chʻên²-mo⁴-chi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàng-chén-mwò-jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wanqchernmohjyi"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vančɛnʹmoczi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ванчэньмоцзи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mong⁶ can⁴ mok⁶ kap⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mohng chàhn mohk kahp"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mong⁶ tsan⁴ mok⁹ kap⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mong⁶ cen⁴ mog⁶ keb⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɐn²¹ mɔːk̚² kʰɐp̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bōng-tîn-bo̍k-ki̍p"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "boxngdinbogkip"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tin²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kip̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tin²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kip̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "望塵莫及"
}

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