lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from) · fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends

cǎo chuǎn jiè jiàn

c+ǎo·3rd tonech+uǎn·3rd tonej+iè·4th tonej+iàn·4th tone

Idiom

Chain

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