Definition of 夷を以て夷を制す (いをもっていをせいす)
いもっいせい
夷を以て夷を制す
いをもっていをせいす
iwomotteiwoseisu
expression
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to control foreigners by foreigners, to play one barbarian state against another
Related Kanji
| 夷 | barbarian, savage, Ainu |
| 以 | by means of, because, in view of, compared with |
| 制 | system, law, rule |