created sense approved 弃车保帅/棄車保帥 · qìjūbǎoshuài · to make minor sacrifices to safeguard major interests — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
弃车保帅 / 棄車保帥
qìjūbǎoshuài
to make minor sacrifices to safeguard major interests
originally a term from Chinese chess meaning to sacrifice a chariot to save the general; used as a metaphor for giving up secondary personnel or interests to protect the most important ones
弃 (literal) → 弃/棄 · qì · to abandon 车 (literal) → 车/車 · jū · rook 保 (literal) → 保 · bǎo · to protect 帅 (literal) → 帅/帥 · shuài · general
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