created sense approved 丢卒保车/丟卒保車 · diūzúbǎojū · sacrifice something minor to save something major — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
丢卒保车 / 丟卒保車
diūzúbǎojū
sacrifice something minor to save something major
Literally meaning "to sacrifice a pawn to save a chariot" in Chinese chess, this describes giving up something less important to protect what is essential. In this specific idiom, the character [[车|車|ju1]] is read as "jū" rather than "chē".
diūzúbǎochē
丢 (literal) → 丢/丟 · diū · to throw 卒 (literal) → 卒 · zú · pawn 保 (literal) → 保 · bǎo · to protect 车 (literal) → 车/車 · jū · rook
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