委曲求全 in Chinese

IPA: /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /wɐi̯³⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/, /wɐi̯³⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/ Chinese transliterations: wěiqūqiúquán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wai² kuk¹ kau⁴ cyun⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wěiqūqiúquán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wěicyucióucyuán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wei³-chʻü¹-chʻiu²-chʻüan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wěi-chyū-chyóu-chywán [Mandarin, Yale, standard], woeichiuchyouchyuan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], вэйцюйцюцюань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], vɛjcjujcjucjuanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], wái kūk kàuh chyùhn [Cantonese, Yale], wai² kuk⁷ kau⁴ tsyn⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wei² kug¹ keo⁴ qun⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 委曲求全

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"委曲求全" meaning in Chinese

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