借刀杀人 in English jie4 dao1 sha1 ren2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to lend somebody a knife to kill somebody
  • to get somebody else to do one's dirty work
  • to attack using the strength of another (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

借 刀 杀 人

Traditional Characters

借 刀 殺 人

Pinyin

jie4 dao1 sha1 ren2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

借jie4to lend 刀dao1surname Dao 杀sha1to kill 人ren2man