以夷伐夷
yǐ​yí​fá​yí

use foreigners to fight foreigners

  • created sense approved 以夷伐夷 · yǐ​yí​fá​yí · use foreigners to fight foreigners — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以夷伐夷

    yǐ​yí​fá​yí

    use foreigners to fight foreigners

    to use foreigners or barbarians to fight against other foreigners or barbarians

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 夷 (literal) → 夷 · yí · foreigners 伐 (literal) → 伐 · fá · to attack 夷 (literal) → 夷 · yí · foreigners

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense