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夷を以て夷を制すいをもっていをせいす

[iomotteioseisu]expression

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English definition

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

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夷barbarian; savage; Ainuイ / えびす、えみし、ころ.す、たい.らげる · 6 strokes蝦夷夷攘夷焼夷弾征夷大将軍夷隅東夷以夷制夷
以by means of; because; in view of; compared withイ / もっ.て · 5 strokes以上以外以前以下以降以来以内以後
制system; law; ruleセイ · 8 strokes制制度制限制作規制制御体制強制