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包子有肉不在褶上
Mandarin · pinyin bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
Meanings
- a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 包
- bāo · wrap, pack, bundle; package
- 子
- zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 肉
- ròu · flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 在
- zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
- 褶
- zhě · pleat, crease, wrinkles
- 上
- shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
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Mandarin tones
1–5–3–4–4–4–3–4 · bao1 zi5 you3 rou4 bu4 zai4 zhe3 shang4
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Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading
baau1 zi2 jau5 juk6 bat1 zoi6 zip3 soeng6
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