假道

jiǎdào
  1. via
  2. by way of

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to go by way of; to go via
  2. to go by way of; to go via

Wiktionary

  1. 借路經過。《左傳．僖公五年》：「晉侯復假道於虞，以攻虢。」《新五代史．卷四一．雜傳．趙匡凝傳》：「晉王李克用遣人以書幣假道於匡凝，以聘于楊行密，求歸儼等。」也作「假道」。
  2. 借助。
  3. 以寬容的態度誘導。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 假 jiǎ
  1. fake
  2. false
  3. artificial
  4. to borrow
  5. if
  6. suppose
=1 假 jiǎ
  1. variant of 假 jiǎ
  2. to borrow
2 道 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

Containing this entry

假道伐虢 jiǎdàofá Guó
  1. to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
假道伐虢 jiǎdàofáguó

Related entries

取道 qǔdào
  1. via
  2. by way of
  3. en route to
經由 jīngyóu via
他经由巴黎去了伦敦。

He went to London via Paris.

Source: Tatoeba

過孔 guòkǒng (electronics) via (a type of hole in a circuit board)
途經 tújīng
  1. to pass through
  2. via
  3. by way of
透過 tòuguò
  1. to pass through
  2. to penetrate
  3. by means of
  4. via
她透過傳譯員發言。

She spoke through an interpreter.

Source: Tatoeba

以資 yǐzī
  1. by way of
  2. to serve as