Learn more about 圍魏救趙
| Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|
| lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers |
| Traditional Chinese | Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|
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圍
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to encircle / to surround / all around / to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) / surname wei | |
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魏
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name of vassal state of zhou dynasty from 661 bc in shanxi, one of the seven hero warring states / wei state, founded by cao cao 曹操, one of the three kingdoms from the fall of the han / the wei dynasty 221-265 / wei prefecture and wei county at different historical periods / tower over a palace gateway (old) / surname wei | |
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救
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to save / to assist / to rescue | |
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趙
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one of the seven states during the warring states period (476-220 bc) / the former zhao 前趙 (304-329) and later zhao 後趙 (319-350), states of the sixteen kingdoms / to surpass (old) / surname zhao |
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