假途灭虢 — Chinese idiom
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
Traditional: 假途滅虢
Meaning
- lit. a short-cut to crush Guo ; fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
Character by character
- 假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation
- 途túway, road, path, journey, course
- 灭mièto extinguish; to wipe out
- 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
- 假道伐虢 jiǎ dào fá 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
- 半途而废 bàn tú ér fèi
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