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假道伐虢

jiǎ dào fá Guó

4-character word

What 假道伐虢 means

1. to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
2. to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)

The characters in 假道伐虢

• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…
• 伐fáto cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against
• 虢Guósurname Guo; Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty…