「棄車保帥」
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Pronunciation: | hei3 geoi1 bou2 seoi3 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
棄 to give up; to throw away; to abandon 車 car; wheeled vehicles; vehicle; automobile; driving skill; to give a ride; to hit; to crash; to bullshit 保 to protect; to defend; to guard; to maintain; to keep status quo; to guarantee; to keep; to preserve; to bail out 帥 handsome; commander-in-chief; marshal |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Explanation: |
to sacrifice something important in order to safeguard something indispensable; to sacrifice the knights in order to save the queen (in chess); to give up a rook to save the king (in chess); literally: to sacrifice the chariot in order to save the general (in Chinese Chess)
(Eng.) The whole company is now knee deep in factional conflicts, my boss was forced to give up a rook to save the king, booting his right hand man in order to save his own skin.
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