假道伐虢 — Chinese idiom
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
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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