委曲求全

Chinese

		curved; winding; meandering curved; winding; meandering; sinuous; devious; tortuous; course of events; the full story	to demand perfection; to try to bring to completion
trad. (委曲求全)		委曲	求全
simp. #(委曲求全)		委曲	求全

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěiqūqiúquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² kuk¹ kau⁴ cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěiqūqiúquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěicyucióucyuán
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-chʻü¹-chʻiu²-chʻüan²
    • Yale: wěi-chyū-chyóu-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeichiuchyouchyuan
    • Palladius: вэйцюйцюцюань (vɛjcjujcjucjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai² kuk¹ kau⁴ cyun⁴
    • Yale: wái kūk kàuh chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² kuk⁷ kau⁴ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² kug¹ keo⁴ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Idiom

委曲求全

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