| 释义 |
以夷制夷 yǐyízhìyíplay off one foreign power against another以夷制夷yǐyízhìyíto 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)以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí play off one power against another; play both ends against the middle; play one barbarian state against another; use barbarous people to subjugate their own races |