Read Edit View history 以夷治夷 yǐyízhìyí play off foreigners against foreigners Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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 Frequency Written text 0.005 per million Cross-References Same as 以夷制夷 yǐyízhìyí Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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 Frequency Written text 0.005 per million Cross-References Same as 以夷制夷 yǐyízhìyí Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)