曲线救国
Traditional form:
曲線救國
Pinyin (reading):
qūxiànjiùguó
Definitions:
- (of sb who ostensibly collaborated with the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945) to secretly work for the Nationalists or against the Communists
Characters:
- 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
- 线 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail
- 救 - aid, help; to rescue, to save
- 国 - country, nation, state; national
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