- to lend sb a knife to kill sb
- to get sb else to do one's dirty work
- to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
Characters
- 借 (借): to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- 刀 (刀): surname Dao
- 杀 (殺): to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- 人 (人): person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 借刀杀人
- MDBG: 借刀杀人
- Examples with 借刀杀人 on Tatoeba
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