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草船借箭
cǎo chuán jiè jiàn
What 草船借箭 means
- lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from {三国演义|Sān guó Yǎn yì})
- fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
The characters in 草船借箭
- 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
- 船chuánboat; vessel; ship
- 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
- 箭jiànarrow
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