假途灭虢 in English jia3 tu2 mie4 Guo2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) a short-cut to crush Guo (idiomatic expression); metaphorically to connive with somebody to damage a third party, then turn on the partner

Simplified Characters

假 途 灭 虢

Traditional Characters

假 途 滅 虢

Pinyin

jia3 tu2 mie4 Guo2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

假jia3see 假掰[gei1 bai1] 途tu2way 灭mie4to extinguish or put out 虢guo2Guo, 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