See 畏首畏尾 on Wiktionary
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},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「尾」的漢語詞",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「畏」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「首」的漢語詞",
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},
{
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"name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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"name": "粵語詞元",
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"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "前也畏懼，後也畏懼",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"形容疑慮顧忌，膽小怕事"
],
"id": "zh-畏首畏尾-zh-phrase-1GPWK5q1"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wei⁴-shou³-wei⁴-wei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wèi-shǒu-wèi-wěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "weyshoouweywoei"
},
{
"roman": "vɛjšouvɛjvɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "вэйшоувэйвэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "wai sáu wai méih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "wei³ seo² wei³ méi⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɐi̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵ wɐi̯³³ mei̯¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "畏頭畏尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "畏头畏尾"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "畏首畏尾"
}
{
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"官話成語",
"官話詞元",
"帶「尾」的漢語詞",
"帶「畏」的漢語詞",
"帶「首」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",
"漢語成語",
"漢語詞元",
"粵語成語",
"粵語詞元"
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "前也畏懼，後也畏懼",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"形容疑慮顧忌，膽小怕事"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wèishǒuwèiwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wei⁴-shou³-wei⁴-wei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wèi-shǒu-wèi-wěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "weyshoouweywoei"
},
{
"roman": "vɛjšouvɛjvɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Cyrillic"
],
"zh_pron": "вэйшоувэйвэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Yale",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "wai sáu wai méih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wai³ sau² wai³ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "wei³ seo² wei³ méi⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɐi̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵ wɐi̯³³ mei̯¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong Kong",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "畏頭畏尾"
},
{
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "畏头畏尾"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "畏首畏尾"
}
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