lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs; fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
trad. 矮子裡拔將軍
Also written 矮子裡拔將軍【ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūn】
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6矮
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(of a person) short, (of a wall etc) low, (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
- Pinyin
- ǎi
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 7486 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
里
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variant of 裡|里[li3]
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Traditional
- 裏
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 108 of 2500
拔
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to pull up, to pull out, to draw out by suction, to select, to pick, to stand out (above level), to surpass, to seize
- Pinyin
- bá
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10721 of 2500
将
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will, shall, to use, to take, to checkmate, just a short while ago, (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- Pinyin
- jiāng
- Traditional
- 將
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 153 of 2500
军
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(bound form) army, military
- Pinyin
- jūn
- Traditional
- 軍
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 5219 of 2500