假途灭虢
Traditional form:
假途滅虢
Pinyin (reading):
jiǎtúmiè Guó
Definitions:
- lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
Characters:
- 假 - fake, false, deceitful; vacation
- 途 - way, road, path, journey, course
- 灭 - to extinguish; to wipe out
- 虢 - an ancient feudal State in Shenxi and Hunan
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