"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源[Wei4 Yuan2]
trad. 師夷長技以制夷
Also written 師夷長技以制夷【shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yí】
Characters in this word
6师
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surname Shi
- Pinyin
- Shī
- Traditional
- 師
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 5008 of 2500
夷
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non-Han people, esp. to the East of China, barbarians, to wipe out, to exterminate, to tear down, to raze
- Pinyin
- yí
- Strokes
- 6
长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500
技
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skill
- Pinyin
- jì
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 48147 of 2500
以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
制
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system, to control, to regulate, variant of 製|制[zhi4]
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 12760 of 2500