以夷制夷
Meanings
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- 1.to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
- 2.Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
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Stroke order
Components
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