草船借箭

Traditional form:

草船借箭

Pinyin (reading):

cǎochuánjièjiàn

Definitions:

• lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義／三国演义 ( Sānguó Yǎnyì))
• fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends

Characters:

• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 船 - ship, boat, vessel
• 借 - to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext
• 箭 - arrow; a type of bamboo

Traditional characters:

• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 船 - ship, boat, vessel
• 借 - to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext
• 箭 - arrow; a type of bamboo