created sense approved 围魏救赵/圍魏救趙 · wéiwèijiùzhào · to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the besieger's home — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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|魏|wei4]] and rescue [[赵|趙|zhao4]]"
围 (literal) → 围/圍 · wéi · to surround 魏 (literal) → 魏 · wèi · Wei 救 (literal) → 救 · jiù · to save 赵 (literal) → 赵/趙 · zhào · Zhao state
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