"丟卒保車" meaning in Chinese

See 丟卒保車 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/, /tiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: diūzúbǎojū [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄧㄡ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄩ [Mandarin, bopomofo], diu¹ zeot¹ bou² geoi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], diūzúbǎojū [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄉㄧㄡ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄩ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], diouzúbǎojyu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tiu¹-tsu²-pao³-chü¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dyōu-dzú-bǎu-jyū [Mandarin, Yale, standard], dioutzwubaojiu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], дюцзубаоцзюй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], djuczubaoczjuj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dīu jēut bóu gēui [Cantonese, Yale], diu¹ dzoet⁷ bou² goey¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], diu¹ zêd¹ bou² gêu¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 丢卒保车, 丢卒保車
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 丟卒保車
  1. to sacrifice something of lesser importance to preserve something crucial Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 棄車保帥/弃车保帅 (qìjūbǎoshuài), 棄車保帥 (qìjūbǎoshuài), 弃车保帅 (qìjūbǎoshuài)
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "丢卒保车",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "丢卒保車",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "丟卒保車",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "(in the Xiangqi chess game) to lose a soldier in order to protect a chariot",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sacrifice something of lesser importance to preserve something crucial"
      ],
      "id": "en-丟卒保車-zh-phrase-TAZi~sgW",
      "links": [
        [
          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ],
        [
          "lesser",
          "lesser"
        ],
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ],
        [
          "crucial",
          "crucial"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "qìjūbǎoshuài",
          "word": "棄車保帥/弃车保帅"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qìjūbǎoshuài",
          "word": "棄車保帥"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qìjūbǎoshuài",
          "word": "弃车保帅"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diūzúbǎojū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄧㄡ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄩ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu¹ zeot¹ bou² geoi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diūzúbǎojū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄧㄡ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄩ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diouzúbǎojyu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiu¹-tsu²-pao³-chü¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dyōu-dzú-bǎu-jyū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dioutzwubaojiu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дюцзубаоцзюй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "djuczubaoczjuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dīu jēut bóu gēui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu¹ dzoet⁷ bou² goey¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu¹ zêd¹ bou² gêu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "丟卒保車"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "丢卒保车",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "丢卒保車",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "丟卒保車",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "(in the Xiangqi chess game) to lose a soldier in order to protect a chariot",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 丟",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 保",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 卒",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 車",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sacrifice something of lesser importance to preserve something crucial"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ],
        [
          "lesser",
          "lesser"
        ],
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ],
        [
          "crucial",
          "crucial"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diūzúbǎojū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄧㄡ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄩ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu¹ zeot¹ bou² geoi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diūzúbǎojū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄧㄡ ㄗㄨˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄩ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diouzúbǎojyu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiu¹-tsu²-pao³-chü¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dyōu-dzú-bǎu-jyū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dioutzwubaojiu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дюцзубаоцзюй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "djuczubaoczjuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dīu jēut bóu gēui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu¹ dzoet⁷ bou² goey¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu¹ zêd¹ bou² gêu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵt̚⁵ pou̯³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "qìjūbǎoshuài",
      "word": "棄車保帥/弃车保帅"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qìjūbǎoshuài",
      "word": "棄車保帥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qìjūbǎoshuài",
      "word": "弃车保帅"
    }
  ],
  "word": "丟卒保車"
}

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