| 假途灭虢 |
jiǎ tú miè Guó |
lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner |
| 假 |
gēi |
used in 假掰 |
| 假 |
jiǎ |
fake / false / artificial / to borrow / if / suppose |
| 假 |
jià |
vacation |
| 假 |
jiǎ |
to borrow (variant of 假) |
| 途 |
tú |
way / route / road |
| 灭 |
miè |
to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown |
| 虢 |
Guó |
surname Guo / Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢国 and Eastern Guo 东虢国 |