lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
trad. 假途滅虢
Also written 假途滅虢【jiǎ tú miè Guó】
Characters in this word
4假
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used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]
- Pinyin
- gēi
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1399 of 2500
途
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way, route, road
- Pinyin
- tú
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 43268 of 2500
灭
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to extinguish or put out, to go out (of a fire etc), to exterminate or wipe out, to drown
- Pinyin
- miè
- Traditional
- 滅
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 9910 of 2500
虢
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surname Guo, Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国[Xi1 Guo2 guo2] and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国[Dong1 Guo2 guo2]
- Pinyin
- Guó
- Strokes
- 15