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 ㄈㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² dou⁶ fat⁶ gwik¹

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• 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): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ fä³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎdàofāguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎdàofaguó
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-tao⁴-fa¹-kuo²
    • Yale: jyǎ-dàu-fā-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeadawfagwo
    • Palladius: цзядаофаго (czjadaofago)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ fä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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

(deprecated template usage) 假道伐虢

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

(deprecated template usage)