Entry
以夷制夷
Source
CC-CEDict 200217
Characters
以 夷 制 夷
Miscellaneous
Traditional
以夷制夷
Simplified
以夷制夷
Pinyin
yi3 yi2 zhi4 yi2
English
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)
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