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To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「草船借箭」 explained, free of charge.

The Chinese idiom 「草船借箭」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.

Use wisdom and rely on the manpower or financial resources of others to achieve your own goals.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cǎo chuán jiè jiàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chou2 syun4 je3 jin3

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