Chinese Word Entry

假道伐虢
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): jiǎ dào fá Guó
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa2 dou6 fat6 gwik1
Definitions:
  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)


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Chinese characters used in this word

temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal, falsehood, deception, vacation
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ (jiǎ), ㄐㄧㄚˋ (jià), ㄐㄧㄝ˙ (jie), ㄒㄧㄚˋ (xià), ㄒㄧㄚˊ (xiá), ㄍㄜˊ (gé)
Cantonese: gaa2
Japanese: カ (ka)、 ケ (ke) / かり (kari)、 かり.る (kariru)
Korean: 가 (ga), 하 (ha)
Vietnamese: giả, giá
Variants
Simplified Japanese form:
Semantic variant form:

road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings, path, road, method, way
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄠˋ (dào), ㄉㄠˇ (dǎo)
Cantonese: dou6
Japanese: ドウ (dou)、 トウ (tou) / みち (michi)、 いう (iu)、 みちびく (michibiku)
Korean: 도 (do)
Vietnamese: đạo, đáo

fell, strike, attack, punish, cut down, subjugate
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄚˊ (fá), ㄈㄚ (fā)
Cantonese: fat6
Japanese: バツ (batsu)、 ハツ (hatsu)、 カ (ka)、 ボチ (bochi) / き.る (kiru)、 そむ.く (somuku)、 う.つ (utsu)、 ほこる (hokoru)
Korean: 벌 (beol)
Vietnamese: phạt

name of ancient feudal State in Shenxi and Hunan
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ (guó)
Cantonese: gwik1
Japanese: ホウ (hou)、 カク (kaku)、 ボウ (bou) / つめあと (tsumeato)
Vietnamese: quắc, quách