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以邻为壑

yǐ lín wéi hè

4-character word Traditional 以鄰為壑

What 以邻为壑 means

1. to use one's neighbor as a drain
2. to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)

The characters in 以邻为壑

• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 邻línneighbor; adjacent; close to
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 壑hègully; ravine; Taiwan pr. huò

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