草船借箭

lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends

Characters and words in 草船借箭

variant of 草[cao3]

= + : The King of Chu has an important appointment today, so he set a special alarm the day before. Before he went to sleep on his artificial lawn, he set up a bale of straw just above his artificial lawn; when the alarm goes off the bale of straw will fall down on him and wake him up.
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]

= + : The King of Chu has an important appointment today, so he set a special alarm the day before. Before he went to sleep on his artificial lawn, he set up a bale of straw just above his artificial lawn; when the alarm goes off the bale of straw will fall down on him and wake him up.
variant of 肏[cao4]
variant of 船[chuan2]

= + + : Since the sea levels have risen, Chantal Chicken used to go sailing just inside the anthill's kitchen, but today, a yellow submarine got stuck in the door. Chantal Chicken has no choice but to wait next to her sailing boat on the makeshift pier which is basically just a small table. While waiting she peels and eats a mandarin.
boat / vessel / ship / CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]

= + + : Since the sea levels have risen, Chantal Chicken used to go sailing just inside the anthill's kitchen, but today, a yellow submarine got stuck in the door. Chantal Chicken has no choice but to wait next to her sailing boat on the makeshift pier which is basically just a small table. While waiting she peels and eats a mandarin.
to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are enjoying milkshakes (昔) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). To let each other taste the other's milkshake, they lend (借) them each other.
variant of 借[jie4]

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are enjoying milkshakes (昔) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). To let each other taste the other's milkshake, they lend (借) them each other.
arrow / CL:支[zhi1]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) programmed a new weapon. She uses her super secret lab in the anthill's bathroom (an4) to try it out for the first time. She stuck arrows (箭) into bamboo sticks (⺮) and can fire them remotely using a front panel (前).

Words with 草船借箭

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