矮子裡拔將軍

Chinese

		short person; dwarf	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	pull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote	general; sulfur
trad. (矮子裡拔將軍)		矮子	裡	拔	將軍
simp. (矮子里拔将军)		矮子	里	拔	将军
Literally: “to pick a general from among the dwarfs”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ǎizi lǐ bá jiāngjūn

(Zhuyin): ㄞˇ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄤㄐㄩㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ai² zi² leoi⁵ bat⁶ zoeng¹ gwan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ǎizi lǐ bá jiāngjūn → ǎizi lǐ bá jiāngjun (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˇ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄤㄐㄩㄣ → ㄞˇ ˙ㄗㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄤ ˙ㄐㄩㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae.tzyy lii bar jiang.jiun
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǎizi̊h lǐ bá jiangjyůn
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pä³⁵ t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/ → /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pä³⁵ t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥yn²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ai² zi² leoi⁵ bat⁶ zoeng¹ gwan¹
  - Yale: ái jí léuih baht jēung gwān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ai² dzi² loey⁵ bat⁹ dzoeng¹ gwan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ei² ji² lêu⁵ bed⁶ zêng¹ guen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ lɵy̯¹³ pɐt̚² t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

矮子裡拔將軍

(figuratively) to choose the best person available

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