棄車保帥

Chinese

		abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	commander in chief; handsome; graceful commander in chief; handsome; graceful; smart
trad. (棄車保帥)		棄	車	保	帥
simp. (弃车保帅)		弃	车	保	帅
Literally: “to abandon a rook to protect the king”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qìjūbǎoshuài

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄐㄩㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ geoi¹ bou² seoi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qìjūbǎoshuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄐㄩㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìjyubǎoshuài
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-chü¹-pao³-shuai⁴
  - Yale: chì-jyū-bǎu-shwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihjiubaoshuay
  - Palladius: цицзюйбаошуай (ciczjujbaošuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ geoi¹ bou² seoi³
  - Yale: hei gēui bóu seui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ goey¹ bou² soey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi³ gêu¹ bou² sêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ kɵy̯⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵ sɵy̯³³/

Idiom

棄車保帥

to sacrifice something of lesser importance to preserve something crucial

Synonyms

丟車保帥／丢车保帅
捨車保帥／舍车保帅
丟卒保車／丢卒保车 (diūzúbǎojū)

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