壮士断腕
zhuàngshì-duànwànTraditional 壯士斷腕
to make a painful sacrifice to cut one's losses
Every meaning
zhuàngshì-duànwàn
- to make a painful sacrifice to cut one's losses
Its characters
- 壮zhuàngstrong; robust
- 士shìscholar; gentleman (as in 士大夫)
- 断duànto break; to snap
- 腕wànwrist
Words with 壮
Words with 士
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.