虢
Guó
Pinyin
Definition
虢
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- Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国 and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国
- surname Guo
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
假途灭虢
- 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
- 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
- 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)