Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 夷

non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
barbarians
to wipe out
to exterminate
to tear down
to raze

to massacre

to massacre
to die out

to hesitate

invaders (insulting term)
foreign aggressors

name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan

to despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for

to deteriorate
to decline
to slump
also written 凌夷

common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory
barbarian

Yiling, ancient name of Yichang 宜昌 ( Yíchāng)
Yiling, a district of Yichang city 宜昌市 ( Yíchāngshì), Hubei

to repel the barbarians

calm

Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus

expansive
level and broad
broad-minded

non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China
barbarians

the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states

smiling genially
to beam

to deteriorate
to decline
to slump
also written 陵夷

to level; to raze to the ground

Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC

Mt Wuyi in Fujian
Wuyishan nature reserve
Wuyishan, county-level city in Nanping 南平 ( Nánpíng) Fujian

chive

Hawaii, US state

the three foreign religions (Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism)

Yiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市 ( Yíchāngshì), Hubei

incendiary bomb

to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)

huàxiǎnwéiyí

to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

Wǔyíshānshì

Wuyishan, county-level city in Nanping 南平 ( Nánpíng) Fujian

yíwéipíngdì

to level
to raze to the ground

Xiàwēiyízhōu

Hawaii, US state

jīnhuáiyíkuàng

broad-minded

Xiàwēiyíguǒ

macadamia nut

lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly

Xiàwēiyí Dǎo

Hawaii island

unimaginable
outrageous
freakish

shīyíchángjìyǐzhìyí

师夷长技以制夷

[師夷長技以制夷]

"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源 ( Wèi Yuán)

Xiàwēiyí Huǒshān Guójiā Gōngyuán

夏威夷火山国家公园

[夏威夷火山國家公園]

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park