Daily Chinese Idiom Guessing Game
Making a decisive and painful sacrifice for a greater goal, often to prevent a larger disaster.
指勇士手腕被蝮蛇咬伤，就立即截断，以免毒性扩散全身。比喻作事要当机立断，不可迟疑、姑息。
唐·窦皐《述书赋下》君子弃瑕以拔才，壮士断腕以全质。”
The company had to lay off many employees, a zhuangshi duanwan move to save the business.