借刀殺人

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	knife	to kill someone; to murder
trad. (借刀殺人)		借	刀	殺人
simp. (借刀杀人)		借	刀	杀人
Literally: “to borrow a knife to kill someone”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièdāoshārén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠ ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièdāoshārén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠ ㄕㄚ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièdaosharén
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-tao¹-sha¹-jên²
    • Yale: jyè-dāu-shā-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehdausharen
    • Palladius: цзедаошажэнь (czedaošažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴
    • Yale: je dōu saat yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ dou¹ saat⁸ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ dou¹ sad³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ tou̯⁵⁵ saːt̚³ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 借刀殺人

1. to get someone else to do one's dirty work; to attack someone using the strength of another

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