API archive entry · source-reported

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Chinese Text Project

Online open-access digital library for pre-modern Chinese texts

No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS Unknown

WordSoHard

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No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS Yes

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No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS Yes

Wiktionary

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No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS Yes

Collins

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API key · HTTPS reported · CORS Unknown

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