假道伐虢

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to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo · to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)

Meanings

  1. to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)

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