假道伐虢

Chinese

		to go by way of; to go via	(v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against (v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against; descend upon	name of an ancient state
trad. (假道伐虢)		假道	伐	虢
simp. ^#(假道伐虢)		假道	伐	虢
Literally: “to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎdàofáguó, jiǎdàofāguó

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄚㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² dou⁶ fat⁶ gwik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎdàofáguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎdàofáguó
  - Wade–Giles: chia³-tao⁴-fa²-kuo²
  - Yale: jyǎ-dàu-fá-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeadawfargwo
  - Palladius: цзядаофаго (czjadaofago)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ fä³⁵ kwɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎdàofāguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄚㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎdàofaguó
  - Wade–Giles: chia³-tao⁴-fa¹-kuo²
  - Yale: jyǎ-dàu-fā-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeadawfagwo
  - Palladius: цзядаофаго (czjadaofago)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ fä⁵⁵ kwɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa² dou⁶ fat⁶ gwik¹
  - Yale: gá douh faht gwīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² dou⁶ fat⁹ gwik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga² dou⁶ fed⁶ guig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵ tou̯²² fɐt̚² kʷɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

假道伐虢

(figuratively) to make peace with a smaller enemy and use it as a springboard to attack another common enemy, before turning on the first

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