假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
Pinyin

Definition

假途灭虢
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jiǎ tú miè Guó
  1. lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

假
gēi
  1. 1 see 假掰[gēi bāi]
假期
jià qī
  1. 1 vacation
寒假
hán jià
  1. 1 winter vacation
放假
fàng jià
  1. 1 to have a holiday or vacation
中途
zhōng tú
  1. 1 midway
休假
xiū jià
  1. 1 to take a vacation
  2. 2 to go on holiday
假冒
jiǎ mào
  1. 1 to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose as (someone else)
  3. 3 to counterfeit
  4. 4 to palm off (a fake as a genuine)
假唱
jiǎ chàng
  1. 1 to lip-sync (singing)
假如
jiǎ rú
  1. 1 if
假意
jiǎ yì
  1. 1 hypocrisy
  2. 2 insincerity
假日
jià rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 non-working day
假装
jiǎ zhuāng
  1. 1 to feign
  2. 2 to pretend
假设
jiǎ shè
  1. 1 to suppose
  2. 2 to presume
  3. 3 to assume
  4. 4 supposing that ...
  5. 5 if
  6. 6 hypothesis
  7. 7 conjecture
假话
jiǎ huà
  1. 1 a lie
  2. 2 untrue statement
  3. 3 misstatement
假证
jiǎ zhèng
  1. 1 false testimony
假象
jiǎ xiàng
  1. 1 false appearance
  2. 2 facade
假发
jiǎ fà
  1. 1 wig
前途
qián tú
  1. 1 prospects
  2. 2 future outlook
  3. 3 journey
年假
nián jià
  1. 1 annual leave
  2. 2 New Year holidays
度假
dù jià
  1. 1 to go on holidays
  2. 2 to spend one's vacation

Idioms (20)

不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
  1. 1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
  1. 1 (idiom) half true and half false
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
  1. 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 at a dead end
殊途同归
shū tú tóng guī
  1. 1 different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end
求学无坦途
qiú xué wú tǎn tú
  1. 1 The path of learning can never be smooth.
  2. 2 There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)
狐假虎威
hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
  1. 1 lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
穷途末路
qióng tú mò lù
  1. 1 lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
  2. 2 in a plight with no way out
  3. 3 things have reached a dead end
老马识途
lǎo mǎ shí tú
  1. 1 an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do
  2. 2 an old hand knows the ropes
荆棘载途
jīng jí zài tú
  1. 1 lit. a path covered in brambles
  2. 2 a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)
视为畏途
shì wéi wèi tú
  1. 1 to view as dangerous (idiom); afraid to do sth
误入歧途
wù rù qí tú
  1. 1 to take a wrong step in life (idiom)
  2. 2 to go astray
识途老马
shí tú lǎo mǎ
  1. 1 lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague

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