围魏救赵
wéi wèi jiù zhàoweiweijiuzhao
- 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
wéi wèi jiù zhàoweiweijiuzhao
Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences