以夷治夷 yǐyízhìyí play off foreigners against foreigners Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 以夷治夷 yǐyízhìyí play off foreigners against foreigners to use foreigners to control other foreigners; a strategy of using barbarians to keep other barbarians in check Frequency Written text 0.005 per million Cross-References Same as 以夷制夷 yǐyízhìyí Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
以夷治夷 yǐyízhìyí play off foreigners against foreigners to use foreigners to control other foreigners; a strategy of using barbarians to keep other barbarians in check Frequency Written text 0.005 per million Cross-References Same as 以夷制夷 yǐyízhìyí Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
