Read Edit View history 以夷治夷 yǐyízhìyí play off foreigners against foreigners Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 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 Edit Delete References Add reference same_as 以夷制夷/以夷制夷 → 以夷治夷/以夷治夷 Edit Delete
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 Edit Delete