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围魏救赵
wéi​wèi​jiù​zhào

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 wéi​wèi​jiù​zhào
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

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0.142 per million

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Frequency data
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