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假手他人

Mandarin · pinyin jiǎ shǒu tā rén

to get one's own task done by sb else

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假: jiǎ · falsehood, deception; vacation
手: shǒu · hand
他: tā · other, another; he, she, it
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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3–3–1–2 · jia3 shou3 ta1 ren2

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(idiomatic) to get one's own task done by somebody else

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