idiom : tactics > give up a pawn to save the chariot as one who sacrifices minor things to save major ones
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Lost a pawn to save car
  Explanation: This is a chess term. After losing the secondary metaphor, to keep the main.
  Usage: Joint type; as predicate; with compliment
  Source: Peking Opera "Longjiang Song" first: "To save the dry river blockage, we will lose a number, saying that as we play chess, called 'lost a pawn to save car'."
No. 2
  Original technique for the chess metaphor for the lost language ◇ more minor, to keep the main.
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diū zú bǎo jū
  Chess tactics language. Lost secondary metaphor, to keep the main
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No. 4
  Original technique for the chess term. After losing more than minor for the analogy, to keep the main. Peking Opera "Longjiang Song" first: "In order to save the dry river blockage, we will lose this argument as we play chess, called 'lost pawn protection car'."
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No. 5
  Lost a pawn to save car (diū zú bǎo jū)
  Chess was originally interpreted the term. After losing the secondary metaphor, to keep the main.
  Source Opera "Longjiang Song" first: "In order blocking the river to save drought, we will lose some, saying that as we play chess, called 'lost a pawn to save car'."
  Usage joint type; as predicate; with compliment
  Paul handsome synonyms 丢车
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Idioms
  Idioms Name
  Lost a pawn to save car
  diū zú bǎo jū
  Idiom Definition
  Originally chess terminology. After losing the secondary metaphor, to keep the main.
  Source phrase
  Peking Opera "Longjiang Song" first: "In order to save drought blocking river, we will lose some, saying that as we play chess, called 'lost a pawn to save car'."
  Use listen
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English Expression
  1. n.:  give up a pawn to save the chariot as one who sacrifices minor things to save major ones
Thesaurus
give up a pawn to save a chariot; sacrifice something minor to save something major