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以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
What 以夷制夷 means
- 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)
The characters in 以夷制夷
- 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
- 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
- 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate
- 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
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