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以夷治夷
yǐ​yí​zhì​yí

play off foreigners against foreigners

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

以夷治夷 yǐ​yí​zhì​yí play off foreigners against foreigners

to use foreigners to control other foreigners; a strategy of using barbarians to keep other barbarians in check

References

same_as 以夷制夷/以夷制夷 → 以夷治夷/以夷治夷
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