假道伐虢 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
• to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy

Character by character

• 假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation
• 道dàomethod, way; path, road
• 伐fácut down, subjugate, attack
• 虢Guóan ancient feudal State in Shenxi and Hunan

Idioms sharing a character

• 不假思索 bù jiǎ sī suǒ
• 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
• 假公济私 jiǎ gōng jì sī
• 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
• 假途灭虢 jiǎ tú miè Guó
• 半真半假 bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
• 弄假成真 nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
• 弄虚作假 nòng xū zuò jiǎ
• 狐假虎威 hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
• 一语道破 yī yǔ dào pò

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