假道伐虢

jiǎ dào fá Guó

Dictionary entry

to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo

What does 假道伐虢 mean?

假道伐虢 (jiǎ dào fá Guó) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo

2to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)

Character breakdown

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假gēiused in 假掰[gei1 bai1]道dàoroad; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) · (bound form) way; reason; principle 伐fáto cut down · to fell 虢Guósurname Guo · Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国[Xi1 Guo2 guo2] and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国[Dong1 Guo2 guo2]

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假道伐虢

jiǎ dào fá Guó

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