汉英词典
MEANING OF 以夷制夷
以夷制夷
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
原指利用西方的科学枝术以制止资本主义国家的侵略◇亦指利用某些外国势力来抵制另一些外国势力的侵略。
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