借刀殺人

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Chinese

to lend; to borrow; excuse
to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of
 
 knife to kill someone; to murder
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

Idiom

借刀殺人

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 借刀殺人 (“to attack someone using the strength of another”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 借刀殺人
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 借刀殺人
Singapore 借刀殺人
Cantonese Hong Kong 借刀殺人, 借刀
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 借刀殺人
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 借刀殺人
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 借刀殺人
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 借刀殺人
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 借刀殺人
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 借刀㓾人
Southern Min Xiamen 借刀刣儂
Jieyang 借刀殺儂
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