矮子裡拔將軍

Chinese

short person; dwarf
 
inside; within; in
inside; within; in; lining of clothing
 
pull up; pull out; select
pull up; pull out; select; promote
general; sulfur
trad. (矮子裡拔將軍/矮子裏拔將軍) 矮子 / 將軍
simp. (矮子里拔将军) 矮子 将军
Literally: “to pick a general from among the dwarfs”.

Pronunciation


  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎizi lǐ bá jiāngjūn → ǎizi lǐ bá jiāngjun (toneless final syllable variant)
      • Zhuyin: ㄞˇ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄐㄩㄣ → ㄞˇ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄤ ˙ㄐㄩㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
      • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎizi̊h lǐ bá jiangjyůn
      • Wade–Giles: ai3-tzŭ5 li3 pa2 chiang1-chün5
      • Yale: ǎi-dz lǐ bá jyāng-jyun
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae.tzyy lii bar jiang.jiun
      • Palladius: айцзы ли ба цзянцзюнь (ajczy li ba czjanczjunʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/ → /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥yn²/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

矮子裡拔將軍

  1. (figuratively) to choose the best one among people which are not good

Synonyms

  • (Wu) 矮子裡向拔長子矮子里向拔长子
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