顧全大局

See also: 顾全大局

Chinese

		to give careful consideration to	general situation; present conditions; the big picture
trad. (顧全大局)		顧全	大局
simp. (顾全大局)		顾全	大局

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùquándàjú

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ cyun⁴ daai⁶ guk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùquándàjú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùcyuándàjyú
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-chʻüan²-ta⁴-chü²
    • Yale: gù-chywán-dà-jyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhchyuandahjyu
    • Palladius: гуцюаньдацзюй (gucjuanʹdaczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ tä⁵¹ t͡ɕy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ cyun⁴ daai⁶ guk⁶
    • Yale: gu chyùhn daaih guhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ tsyn⁴ daai⁶ guk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ qun⁴ dai⁶ gug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ taːi̯²² kʊk̚²/

Idiom

顧全大局

1. to take the interests of the whole into account; to take the situation as a whole into consideration

   • 要提倡顧全大局。每一個黨員，每一種局部工作，每一項言論或行動，都必須以全黨利益為出發點，絕對不許可違反這個原則。 [MSC, trad.]
     要提倡顾全大局。每一个党员，每一种局部工作，每一项言论或行动，都必须以全党利益为出发点，绝对不许可违反这个原则。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yào tíchàng gùquándàjú. Měi yī gè dǎngyuán, měi yī zhǒng júbù gōngzuò, měi yī xiàng yánlùn huò xíngdòng, dōu bìxū yǐ quándǎng lìyì wéi chūfādiǎn, juéduì bù xǔkě wéifǎn zhège yuánzé. [Pinyin]

     We should encourage [comrades] to take the interests of the whole into account. Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement and every action must proceed from the interests of the whole Party; it is absolutely impermissible to violate this principle.