Read Edit View history 壮士断腕 zhuàngshìduànwàn to cut one's losses Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 壮士断腕/ 壯士斷腕 zhuàngshìduànwàn 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 Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 壮士断腕/壯士斷腕 → 壮士解腕/壯士解腕 Edit Delete synonym 壮士解腕/壯士解腕 → 壮士断腕/壯士斷腕 Edit Delete
壮士断腕/ 壯士斷腕 zhuàngshìduànwàn 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 Edit Delete