假道伐虢
jiǎ​dào​fá​guó

to conquer Guo by way of Yu

  • created reference approved 假道伐虢 → 三十六计/三十六計 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    假道伐虢 jiǎ​dào​fá​guó

    三十六计 / 三十六計 sān​shí​liù​jì

    see

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  • created sense approved 假道伐虢 · jiǎ​dào​fá​guó · to conquer Guo by way of Yu — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    假道伐虢

    jiǎ​dào​fá​guó

    to conquer Guo by way of Yu

    Borrowing the resources or passage of an ally to attack a common enemy, then turning on the ally; an idiom based on a story from the Spring and Autumn Period where the State of Jin asked for passage through the State of Yu to attack the State of Guo, only to conquer Yu on the way back

    jiǎ​dào​fā​guó

    假道 (literal) → 假道 · jiǎ​dào · via 伐 (literal) → 伐 · fá · to attack 虢 (literal) → 虢 · guó · Guo

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

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