借刀殺人

to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)

to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)

variant of 借[jie4]

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely

homicide / to murder / to kill (a person)

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]