假借
verb C2- to make use of
- to use sth as pretext
- under false pretenses
- under the guise of
- masquerading as
- lenient
- tolerant
- loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
- also called phonetic loan
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