以夷制夷
Traditional form:
以夷制夷
Pinyin (reading):
yǐyízhìyí
Definitions:
- 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)
Characters:
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 夷 - ancient barbarian tribes
- 制 - system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
- 夷 - ancient barbarian tribes
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