围魏救赵 in English wei2 Wei4 jiu4 Zhao4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers

Simplified Characters

围 魏 救 赵

Traditional Characters

圍 魏 救 趙

Pinyin

wei2 Wei4 jiu4 Zhao4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

围wei2surname Wei 魏wei4surname Wei 救jiu4variant of 救[jiu4] 赵zhao4surname Zhao