See 噤若寒蟬 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "zhíyánbùhuì",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "直言不諱"
},
{
"roman": "zhíyánbùhuì",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "直言不讳"
},
{
"roman": "kǎnkǎn'értán",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "侃侃而談"
},
{
"roman": "kǎnkǎn'értán",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "侃侃而谈"
},
{
"roman": "tāotāobùjué",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "滔滔不絕"
},
{
"roman": "tāotāobùjué",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "滔滔不绝"
}
],
"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「噤」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「寒」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「若」的漢語詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "帶「蟬」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": "有引文的文言文詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有詞條的頁面",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "漢語 說話",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "漢語成語",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "漢語詞元",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"etymology_examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
99,
106
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
32
]
],
"ref": "《後漢書》約公元5世紀",
"roman": "Liú Shèng wèi wéi dàfū, jiàn lǐ shàngbīn, ér zhī shàn bù jiàn, wén è wúyán, yǐnqíng xī jǐ, zì tóng hánchán, cǐ zuìrén yě.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "劉勝位為大夫，見禮上賓，而知善不薦，聞惡無言，隱情惜己，自同寒蟬，此罪人也。",
"translation": "劉勝身為士大夫，受到上賓禮對待，發現善人不能舉薦，聽到惡言不肯駁斥，裝聾作啞，愛惜羽毛，寒蟬噤聲，劉勝其實就是一個罪人。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
99,
106
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
32
]
],
"ref": "《後漢書》約公元5世紀",
"roman": "Liú Shèng wèi wéi dàfū, jiàn lǐ shàngbīn, ér zhī shàn bù jiàn, wén è wúyán, yǐnqíng xī jǐ, zì tóng hánchán, cǐ zuìrén yě.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "刘胜位为大夫，见礼上宾，而知善不荐，闻恶无言，隐情惜己，自同寒蝉，此罪人也。",
"translation": "劉勝身為士大夫，受到上賓禮對待，發現善人不能舉薦，聽到惡言不肯駁斥，裝聾作啞，愛惜羽毛，寒蟬噤聲，劉勝其實就是一個罪人。"
}
],
"etymology_text": "蟬在夏秋之際鳴唱，隨後便迅速死亡。古人並未意識到這一點，以為蟬在寒冷時無法發聲，因此用它來形容不敢發聲的人。出自《後漢書．卷六七．黨錮傳．杜密傳》：",
"forms": [
{
"form": "噤若寒蝉",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "安靜的像寒冷季節的蟬",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "有使用例的官話詞",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
43,
56
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
12,
16
]
],
"roman": "Zìcóng bèi shàngsī shǔluò zhī hòu, tā biàn jìnruòhánchán, zài yě bùgǎn fābiǎo yìjiàn le.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "自從被上司數落之後，他便噤若寒蟬，再也不敢發表意見了。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
43,
56
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
12,
16
]
],
"roman": "Zìcóng bèi shàngsī shǔluò zhī hòu, tā biàn jìnruòhánchán, zài yě bùgǎn fābiǎo yìjiàn le.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "自从被上司数落之后，他便噤若寒蝉，再也不敢发表意见了。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"因恐懼而沉默，不敢說話"
],
"id": "zh-噤若寒蟬-zh-phrase-cNYei-k1"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jìnruòhánchán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jìnruòhánchán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jìnruòhánchán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chin⁴-jo⁴-han²-chʻan²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jìn-rwò-hán-chán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jinnruohharncharn"
},
{
"roman": "czinʹžoxanʹčanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзиньжоханьчань"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ xän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "噤若寒蟬"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "zhíyánbùhuì",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "直言不諱"
},
{
"roman": "zhíyánbùhuì",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "直言不讳"
},
{
"roman": "kǎnkǎn'értán",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "侃侃而談"
},
{
"roman": "kǎnkǎn'értán",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "侃侃而谈"
},
{
"roman": "tāotāobùjué",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"word": "滔滔不絕"
},
{
"roman": "tāotāobùjué",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"word": "滔滔不绝"
}
],
"categories": [
"官話成語",
"官話詞元",
"帶「噤」的漢語詞",
"帶「寒」的漢語詞",
"帶「若」的漢語詞",
"帶「蟬」的漢語詞",
"有1個詞條的頁面",
"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 說話",
"漢語成語",
"漢語詞元"
],
"etymology_examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
99,
106
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
32
]
],
"ref": "《後漢書》約公元5世紀",
"roman": "Liú Shèng wèi wéi dàfū, jiàn lǐ shàngbīn, ér zhī shàn bù jiàn, wén è wúyán, yǐnqíng xī jǐ, zì tóng hánchán, cǐ zuìrén yě.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "劉勝位為大夫，見禮上賓，而知善不薦，聞惡無言，隱情惜己，自同寒蟬，此罪人也。",
"translation": "劉勝身為士大夫，受到上賓禮對待，發現善人不能舉薦，聽到惡言不肯駁斥，裝聾作啞，愛惜羽毛，寒蟬噤聲，劉勝其實就是一個罪人。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
99,
106
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
32
]
],
"ref": "《後漢書》約公元5世紀",
"roman": "Liú Shèng wèi wéi dàfū, jiàn lǐ shàngbīn, ér zhī shàn bù jiàn, wén è wúyán, yǐnqíng xī jǐ, zì tóng hánchán, cǐ zuìrén yě.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "刘胜位为大夫，见礼上宾，而知善不荐，闻恶无言，隐情惜己，自同寒蝉，此罪人也。",
"translation": "劉勝身為士大夫，受到上賓禮對待，發現善人不能舉薦，聽到惡言不肯駁斥，裝聾作啞，愛惜羽毛，寒蟬噤聲，劉勝其實就是一個罪人。"
}
],
"etymology_text": "蟬在夏秋之際鳴唱，隨後便迅速死亡。古人並未意識到這一點，以為蟬在寒冷時無法發聲，因此用它來形容不敢發聲的人。出自《後漢書．卷六七．黨錮傳．杜密傳》：",
"forms": [
{
"form": "噤若寒蝉",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"lang": "漢語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "安靜的像寒冷季節的蟬",
"pos": "phrase",
"pos_title": "成語",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"有使用例的官話詞"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
43,
56
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
12,
16
]
],
"roman": "Zìcóng bèi shàngsī shǔluò zhī hòu, tā biàn jìnruòhánchán, zài yě bùgǎn fābiǎo yìjiàn le.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "自從被上司數落之後，他便噤若寒蟬，再也不敢發表意見了。"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
43,
56
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
12,
16
]
],
"roman": "Zìcóng bèi shàngsī shǔluò zhī hòu, tā biàn jìnruòhánchán, zài yě bùgǎn fābiǎo yìjiàn le.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "自从被上司数落之后，他便噤若寒蝉，再也不敢发表意见了。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"因恐懼而沉默，不敢說話"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jìnruòhánchán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jìnruòhánchán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jìnruòhánchán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Wade–Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chin⁴-jo⁴-han²-chʻan²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jìn-rwò-hán-chán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jinnruohharncharn"
},
{
"roman": "czinʹžoxanʹčanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзиньжоханьчань"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ xän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "噤若寒蟬"
}
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