rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling; to pass the buck
trad. 捨車保帥
Also written 捨車保帥【shě jū bǎo shuài】
Characters in this word
4舍
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to give up; to abandon, to give alms
- Pinyin
- shě
- Traditional
- 捨
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 21827 of 2500
车
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surname Che
- Pinyin
- Chē
- Traditional
- 車
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 460 of 2500
保
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Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])
- Pinyin
- Bǎo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8049 of 2500
帅
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surname Shuai
- Pinyin
- Shuài
- Traditional
- 帥
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 6237 of 2500