假途滅虢
jiǎ​tú​miè​guó

to betray an ally

  • created sense approved 假途灭虢/假途滅虢 · jiǎ​tú​miè​guó · to betray an ally — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    假途灭虢 / 假途滅虢

    jiǎ​tú​miè​guó

    to betray an ally

    literally "to borrow a path to conquer Guo"; to use a neighbor as a stepping stone to destroy a third party, then turn and conquer the neighbor; to connive with someone to damage a third party and then turn on the partner

    假 (literal) → 假 · jiǎ · to borrow 途 (bound) → 途 · tú · way 灭 (literal) → 灭/滅 · miè · to exterminate 虢 (bound) → 虢 · guó · Guo

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense