围魏救赵

Traditional: 圍魏救趙

wéi Wèi jiù Zhào

Dictionary entry

lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom)

What does 围魏救赵 mean?

围魏救赵 (wéi Wèi jiù Zhào) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom)

2fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers

Character breakdown

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围wéito encircle · to surround 魏Wèisurname Wei · name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States 救jiùvariant of 救[jiu4]赵Zhàosurname Zhao · one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC)

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围魏救赵

wéi Wèi jiù Zhào

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