围魏救赵 Save Create a free account to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 圍魏救趙 wéiwèijiùzhào ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄓㄠˋ 男 女 lit. to besiege 魏 wèi and rescue 赵 zhào (idiom) fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers Character by character 围(wéi)encircle 魏(wèi)tower over a palace gateway 救(jiù)rescue 赵(zhào)surpass Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0