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Home / Idiom / 借刀杀人

to lend sb a knife to kill sb · to get sb else to do one's dirty work · to attack using the strength of another (idiom)

借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
j+iè·4th toned+āo·1st tonesh+ā·1st toner+én·2nd tone
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to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) · Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)以夷制夷yǐ yí zhì yístab somebody in the back · wound with a sniping arrow · injure somebody by underhanded means · make sniping attacks · hit below the belt暗箭伤人àn jiàn shāng réntreacherous · sinister阴险yīn xiǎnlit. two peaches kill three warriors (idiom) · fig. to use a scheme to eliminate rivals by making them fight over a prize二桃杀三士èr táo shā sān shì
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