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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	虢	虢	guó	Guo2	Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢国 and Eastern Guo 东虢国 ; surname Guo
2	假道伐虢	假道伐虢	jiǎ dào fá guó	jia3 dao4 fa2 Guo2	to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo; to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
3	假途伐虢	假途伐虢	jiǎ tú fá guó	jia3 tu2 fa2 guo2	to attack the enemy by thrusting through a common neighbor's territory (idiom)
4	假途灭虢	假途滅虢	jiǎ tú miè guó	jia3 tu2 mie4 Guo2	lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner