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いをもっていをせいす

夷を以て夷を制す

to control foreigners by foreigners; to play one barbarian state against another

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to control foreigners by foreigners•to play one barbarian state against another

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Kanji Breakdown

夷以夷制

Related Kanji

夷

barbarian, savage, Ainu

イ / えびす

以

by means of, because, in view of, compared with

イ / もっ.て

夷

barbarian, savage, Ainu

イ / えびす

制

system, law, rule

セイ / —