假道伐虢

Chinese
to go by way of; to go via
 
(v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against; descend upon
 name of an ancient state
simp. and trad.
(假道伐虢)		 假道 伐 虢
Literally: “to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎdàofáguó, jiǎdàofāguó
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa2 dou6 fat6 gwik1

Idiom

假道伐虢

  1. (figuratively) 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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