委曲求全

Chinese

		curved; winding; meandering curved; winding; meandering; sinuous; devious; tortuous; course of events; the full story	to demand perfection; to try to bring to completion
trad. (委曲求全)		委曲	求全
simp. ^#(委曲求全)		委曲	求全

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěiqūqiúquán

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² kuk¹ kau⁴ cyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěiqūqiúquán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěicyucióucyuán
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-chʻü¹-chʻiu²-chʻüan²
  - Yale: wěi-chyū-chyóu-chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeichiuchyouchyuan
  - Palladius: вэйцюйцюцюань (vɛjcjujcjucjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai² kuk¹ kau⁴ cyun⁴
  - Yale: wái kūk kàuh chyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai² kuk⁷ kau⁴ tsyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei² kug¹ keo⁴ qun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Idiom

委曲求全

stoop to compromise; accept a compromise; compromise out of consideration for the general interest

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