棄hei3車geoi1保bou2帥seoi3

English

1. to sacrifice something important in order to safeguard something indispensable; to sacrifice the knights in order to save the queen (in chess); to give up a rook to save the king (in chess); literally: to sacrifice the chariot in order to save the general (in Chinese Chess)

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 本來係象棋用語，字面解犧牲隻車去保護隻帥；比喻作犧牲次等重要嘅嘢，去保護最關鍵嘅嘢

Examples

• 為免亡黨亡國，主席唯有棄車保帥，將黨內腐敗幹部繩之於法。

  To save the party and the regime, the chairperson has to sacrifice the corrupted officials and bring them to justice.

• 公司而家玩派系鬥爭，我老細唯有棄車保帥，踢走自己隻頭馬，保住自己個位。

  The whole company is now knee deep in factional conflicts, my boss was forced to give up a rook to save the king, booting his right hand man in order to save his own skin.