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 ㄐㄩ ㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ geoi¹ bou² seoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìjūbǎoshuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄐㄩ ㄅㄠˇ 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

1. 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)