借刀杀人 (借刀殺人)
jiè dāo shā rén
Pinyin
Definition
借刀杀人 (借刀殺人)
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- to lend sb a knife to kill sb
- to get sb else to do one's dirty work
- to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一刀两断
- 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
- 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
- 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
- 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
- 3 one size fits all
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact