矮子里拔将军

Traditional form:

矮子裡拔將軍

Pinyin (reading):

ǎizilibájiāngjūn

Definitions:

• lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs
• fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)

Characters:

• 矮 - short, low; dwarf
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
• 将 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
• 军 - army, military; soldiers, troops

Traditional characters:

• 矮 - short, low; dwarf
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
• 將 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
• 軍 - army, military; soldiers, troops