zhuàng​shì​duàn​wàn

to cut one's losses

Senses

壮士断腕/ 壯士斷腕 zhuàng​shì​duàn​wàn to cut one's losses

to make a difficult and courageous decision to cut off a part of something to save the whole, like a hero cutting off his own wrist after a venomous snake bite; to act decisively in a crisis

References

synonym 壮士断腕/壯士斷腕 壮士解腕/壯士解腕
synonym 壮士解腕/壯士解腕 壮士断腕/壯士斷腕