委曲求全

Chinese

		give up; indeed; to commission give up; indeed; to commission; crooked	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete
simp. and trad. (委曲求全)		委	曲	求	全

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěiqūqiúquán

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² kuk¹ kau⁴ cyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wěiqūqiúquán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeichiuchyouchyuan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai² kuk¹ kau⁴ cyun⁴
  - Yale: wái kūk kàuh chyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai² kuk⁷ kau⁴ tsyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei² kug¹ keo⁴ qun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡ʃʰyːn²¹/

Idiom

委曲求全

stoop to compromise; accept a compromise; compromise out of consideration for the general interest

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.