| 釋義 |
以夷制夷以夷伐夷yǐ yí zhì yíplay off one(foreign) power against another; play both ends against the middle ? 我還記得,當(dāng)去年中國(guó)有許多人,一味哭訴國(guó)聯(lián)的時(shí)候,日本報(bào)紙上往往加以譏笑,說這是中國(guó)祖?zhèn)鞯摹啊钡睦鲜侄巍?魯迅《偽自由書·“以夷制夷》)I still remember that when many Chinese nationals were insistently lodging their bitter complaints with the League of Nations last year,the Japanese newspapers often sneered at this,saying that it was just an old Chinese trick of “playing one foreign power against another”handed down from their ancestors. 以夷制夷play off one foreign power against another;play both ends against the middle 以夷制夷yǐ yí zhì yí夷:過去指少數(shù)民族或外國(guó)。引申為敵人。利用一個(gè)敵人去攻打另一敵人。在軍事上也指利用這一派勢(shì)力去打另一派勢(shì)力。play off one power against another, play both ends against the middle |