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師夷長技以制夷
简 师夷长技以制夷 · 繁 師夷長技以制夷Mandarin · pinyin shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yí
Meanings
- "learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源 Wèi Yuán
Characters in this entry
- 師
- shī · teacher, master, specialist; multitude, troops; hexagram ䷆
- 夷
- yí · ancient barbarian tribes
- 長
- zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
- 技
- jì · skill, ability, talent, ingenuity
- 以
- yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
- 制
- zhì · system; establish; overpower
- 师
- shī · teacher, master, specialist
- 长
- zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
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Mandarin tones
1–2–2–4–3–4–2 · shi1 yi2 chang2 ji4 yi3 zhi4 yi2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
si1 ji4 coeng4 gei6 ji5 zai3 ji4
Cantonese word readings for 師夷長技以制夷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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si1 ji4 coeng4 gei6 ji5 zai3 ji4
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