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 | ||
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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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 借刀殺人
- to get someone else to do one's dirty work; to attack someone using the strength of another
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- Chinese lemmas
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- Chinese terms spelled with 借
- Chinese terms spelled with 刀
- Chinese terms spelled with 殺
- Chinese terms spelled with 人
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