虢 | [ guó ] 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 |
⇒ 假途滅虢 | [ jiǎ tú miè guó ] lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner |
⇒ 假途灭虢 | [ jiǎ tú miè guó ] 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 daò fá guó ] to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo, to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom) |