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草船借箭

cǎo chuán jiè jiàn · cao chuan jie jian

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lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義 / 三国演义 (Sān guó Yǎn yì))
fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends

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