假借

1. • to make use of
2. • to use sth as pretext
3. • under false pretenses
4. • under the guise of
5. • masquerading as
6. • lenient
7. • tolerant
8. • loan character (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters)
9. • character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
10. • also called phonetic loan

Character by character

• 假(jiǎ)fake
• 借(jiè)borrow