舍车保帅 shějūbǎoshuài to make a minor sacrifice for a major gain Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 舍车保帅 捨車保帥 shějūbǎoshuài to make a minor sacrifice for a major gain In Chinese chess, to sacrifice a rook to save the king; metaphorically, to protect a senior figure or a primary interest by sacrificing something or someone of less importance. Note that 车 jū is read "jū" here. Frequency Written text 0.025 per million Cross-References See 车 jū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
舍车保帅 捨車保帥 shějūbǎoshuài to make a minor sacrifice for a major gain In Chinese chess, to sacrifice a rook to save the king; metaphorically, to protect a senior figure or a primary interest by sacrificing something or someone of less importance. Note that 车 jū is read "jū" here. Frequency Written text 0.025 per million Cross-References See 车 jū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)