壯士斷腕

Chinese

		heroic person; warrior
trad. (壯士斷腕)		壯士	斷腕
simp. (壮士断腕)		壮士	断腕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàngshìduànwàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàngshìduànwàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuàngshìhduànwàn
    • Wade–Giles: chuang⁴-shih⁴-tuan⁴-wan⁴
    • Yale: jwàng-shr̀-dwàn-wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juanqshyhduannwann
    • Palladius: чжуаншидуаньвань (čžuanšiduanʹvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/

Idiom

壯士斷腕

1. to decisively take drastic but necessary measures at a critical moment