lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom); fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
trad. 圍魏救趙
Also written 圍魏救趙【wéi Wèi jiù Zhào】
Characters in this word
4围
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to encircle, to surround, all around, to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 圍
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 22199 of 2500
魏
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surname Wei, name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States, Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty, the Wei dynasty 221–265, Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
- Pinyin
- Wèi
- Strokes
- 17
- Frequency
- 6677 of 2500
救
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variant of 救[jiu4]
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Traditional
- 捄
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 489 of 2500
赵
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surname Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC), the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
- Pinyin
- Zhào
- Traditional
- 趙
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 13876 of 2500