师夷长技以制夷
shī​yí​cháng​jì​yǐ​zhì​yí

learn from foreigners to control them

  • created reference approved 师夷长技以制夷/師夷長技以制夷 → 魏源 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    师夷长技以制夷 / 師夷長技以制夷 shī​yí​cháng​jì​yǐ​zhì​yí

    魏源 wèi​yuán

    see

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  • created sense approved 师夷长技以制夷/師夷長技以制夷 · shī​yí​cháng​jì​yǐ​zhì​yí · learn from foreigners to control them — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    师夷长技以制夷 / 師夷長技以制夷

    shī​yí​cháng​jì​yǐ​zhì​yí

    learn from foreigners to control them

    Learn the superior technology of foreigners in order to gain control over them; a policy of modernizing China's defenses advocated by the scholar [[魏源|魏源|wei4 yuan2]] during the Qing Dynasty.

    师 (literal) → 师/師 · shī · to imitate 夷 (literal) → 夷 · yí · foreigners 长技 (literal) → 长技/長技 · cháng​jì · special skill 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · in order to 制 (literal) → 制 · zhì · to control 夷 (literal) → 夷 · yí · foreigners

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