丟卒保車

Chinese

		to lose; to put aside; to throw	die; soldier; abruptly die; soldier; abruptly; hurriedly	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (丟卒保車/丢卒保車)		丟/丢	卒	保	車
simp. (丢卒保车)		丢	卒	保	车
Literally: “to lose a pawn to protect a rook”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diūzúbǎojū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄡ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ zeot¹ bou² geoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diūzúbǎojū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄡ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diouzúbǎojyu
    • Wade–Giles: tiu¹-tsu²-pao³-chü¹
    • Yale: dyōu-dzú-bǎu-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dioutzwubaojiu
    • Palladius: дюцзубаоцзюй (djuczubaoczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ zeot¹ bou² geoi¹
    • Yale: dīu jēut bóu gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ dzoet⁷ bou² goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ zêd¹ bou² gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

丟卒保車

1. to sacrifice something of lesser importance to preserve something crucial