壮士断腕
zhuàng​shì​duàn​wàn

to cut one's losses

  • created reference approved 壮士断腕/壯士斷腕 → 壮士解腕/壯士解腕 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    壮士断腕 / 壯士斷腕 zhuàng​shì​duàn​wàn

    壮士解腕 / 壯士解腕 zhuàng​shì​jiě​wàn

    synonym

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 壮士断腕/壯士斷腕 · zhuàng​shì​duàn​wàn · to cut one's losses — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    壮士 (literal) → 壮士/壯士 · zhuàng​shì · hero 断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to break 腕 (literal) → 腕 · wàn · wrist

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    created sense