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假途灭虢

jiǎ tú miè Guó

4-character word Traditional 假途滅虢

What 假途灭虢 means

1. lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner

The characters in 假途灭虢

• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial
• 途túway; route; road
• 灭mièto extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out
• 虢Guósurname Guo; Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty…