Dictionary Entry: 假借

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