借刀殺人

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jièdāoshārén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chia-tô-sat-ngìn
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): chioh-to-sat-lîn / chioh-to-sat-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jièdāoshārén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄠㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jièdaosharén
  - Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-tao¹-sha¹-jên²
  - Yale: jyè-dāu-shā-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehdausharen
  - Palladius: цзедаошажэнь (czedaošažɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴
  - Yale: je dōu saat yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ dou¹ saat⁸ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé³ dou¹ sad³ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ tou̯⁵⁵ saːt̚³ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chia-tô-sat-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: jia do´ sad` nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jia⁴ do¹ sad⁵ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕi̯a⁵⁵ to²⁴ sat̚² ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-to-sat-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsioh-to-sat-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioihdoisatliin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴⁻²² sat̚³²⁻⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-to-sat-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsioh-to-sat-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioihdoisatjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sat̚³²⁻⁴ ʑin²³/

Idiom

借刀殺人

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”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		借刀殺人
Mandarin	Taiwan	借刀殺人
Mandarin	Singapore	借刀殺人
Cantonese	Hong Kong	借刀殺人
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
Min Nan	Xiamen	借刀刣儂

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