shī​yí​cháng​jì​yǐ​zhì​yí

learn from foreigners to control them

  1. to imitate
    (literary) to follow as a model; to learn from; to imitate
  2. verb
    foreigners
    (bound form) derogatory term for outsiders or foreigners, often used in modern history before the 20th century
  3. special skill
    a skill or technique that one is particularly good at; a specialty; a forte
  4. prepositionconjunction
    in order to
    in order to; so as to; used to connect two phrases where the second is the purpose of the first
  5. to control
    to restrict; to govern; to keep under control
  6. verb
    foreigners
    (bound form) derogatory term for outsiders or foreigners, often used in modern history before the 20th century