围魏救赵 wéiwèijiùzhào to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the besieger's home Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 围魏救赵 圍魏救趙 wéiwèijiùzhào to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the besieger's home (idiom) to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers; literally "to besiege 魏 wèi and rescue 赵 zhào" Frequency Written text 0.142 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
围魏救赵 圍魏救趙 wéiwèijiùzhào to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the besieger's home (idiom) to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers; literally "to besiege 魏 wèi and rescue 赵 zhào" Frequency Written text 0.142 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)