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假道伐虢
Mandarin · pinyin jiǎ dào fá Guó
Meanings
- to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
- to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
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3–4–2–2 · jia3 dao4 fa2 Guo2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaa2 dou6 fat6 gwik1
Cantonese word readings for 假道伐虢. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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gaa2 dou6 fat6 gwik1
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- (figurative) to make peace with a smaller enemy and use it as a springboard to attack another common enemy, before turning on the first
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