身先士卒

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	troops; soldiers; privates
trad. (身先士卒)		身	先	士卒
simp. #(身先士卒)		身	先	士卒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnxiānshìzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sin¹ si⁶ zeot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnxiānshìzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shensianshìhzú
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-hsien¹-shih⁴-tsu²
    • Yale: shēn-syān-shr̀-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenshianshyhtzwu
    • Palladius: шэньсяньшицзу (šɛnʹsjanʹšiczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sin¹ si⁶ zeot¹
    • Yale: sān sīn sih jēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sin¹ si⁶ dzoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xin¹ xi⁶ zêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵ siː²² t͡sɵt̚⁵/

Idiom

身先士卒

1. to be situated in front of all soldiers and attack the enemy as the general
2. to take the lead as the leader