借刀殺人

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Chinese

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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) 殺人
simp. (借刀杀人) 杀人
Literally: “to borrow a knife to kill someone”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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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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