身先士卒

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	troops; soldiers; privates
trad. (身先士卒)		身	先	士卒
simp. ^#(身先士卒)		身	先	士卒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnxiānshìzú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄒㄧㄢㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sin¹ si⁶ zeot¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnxiānshìzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄒㄧㄢㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shensianshìhzú
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-hsien¹-shih⁴-tsu²
  - Yale: shēn-syān-shr̀-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenshianshyhtzwu
  - Palladius: шэньсяньшицзу (šɛnʹsjanʹšiczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ sin¹ si⁶ zeot¹
  - Yale: sān sīn sih jēut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sin¹ si⁶ dzoet⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xin¹ xi⁶ zêd¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵ siː²² t͡sɵt̚⁵/

Idiom

身先士卒

to be situated in front of all soldiers and attack the enemy as the general
to take the lead as the leader

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