借刀殺人

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	knife	to kill someone; murder; homicide
trad. (借刀殺人)		借	刀	殺人
simp. (借刀杀人)		借	刀	杀人
Literally: “to borrow a knife to kill someone”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jièdāoshārén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jièdāoshārén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehdausharen
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂa̠⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴
  - Yale: je dōu saat yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ dou¹ saat⁸ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé³ dou¹ sad³ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ tou̯⁵⁵ sɑːt̚³ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

借刀殺人

to get someone else to do one's dirty work; to attack someone using the strength of another

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