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Chinese idioms like 「螫手解腕」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

Discover the idiom 「螫手解腕」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

metaphor for sacrificing part of something for the sake of the overall situation.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shì shǒu jiě wàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sik1 sau2 gaai2 wun2

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