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以夷制夷以夷伐夷yǐ yí zhì yíplay off one(foreign) power against another; play both ends against the middle
❍ 我还记得，当去年中国有许多人，一味哭诉国联的时候，日本报纸上往往加以讥笑，说这是中国祖传的“～”的老手段。(鲁迅《伪自由书·“以夷制夷》)I still remember that when many Chinese nationals were insistently lodging their bitter complaints with the League of Nations last year,the Japanese newspapers often sneered at this,saying that it was just an old Chinese trick of “playing one foreign power against another”handed down from their ancestors. 以夷制夷play off one foreign power against another;play both ends against the middle 以夷制夷yǐ yí zhì yí夷：过去指少数民族或外国。引申为敌人。利用一个敌人去攻打另一敌人。在军事上也指利用这一派势力去打另一派势力。play off one power against another, play both ends against the middle |