夷を以て夷を制す

いをもっていをせいす

Meanings

1. Expression to control foreigners by foreigners; to play one barbarian state against another

Kanji

• 夷 barbarian; savage; Ainu. Read as イ.
• 以 from. Read as もって.
• 制 control. Read as セイ.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists