围魏救赵

النطق: wéi wèi jiù zhào المعنى الحرفي: Besiege Wei to rescue Zhao

الأصل والاستخدام

This idiom refers to besieging (围) Wei (魏) to rescue (救) Zhao (赵). During the Warring States period, when Wei attacked Zhao, strategist Sun Bin advised attacking Wei's capital instead of sending relief forces directly. This forced Wei to withdraw. It became one of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, describing indirect approaches that relieve pressure by attacking the attacker's vulnerabilities.

متى تستخدم

الموقف: Instead of defending directly, they attacked the competitor's main market.

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