| 师夷长技以制夷 |
shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yí |
"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源 |
| 师 |
Shī |
surname Shi |
| 师 |
shī |
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops |
| 夷 |
yí |
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze |
| 长 |
cháng |
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4]) |
| 长 |
zhǎng |
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 长技 |
cháng jì |
special skill |
| 技 |
jì |
skill |
| 以 |
yǐ |
old variant of 以 |
| 以 |
yǐ |
old variant of 以 |
| 以 |
Yǐ |
abbr. for Israel 以色列 |
| 以 |
yǐ |
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place) |
| 制 |
zhì |
system / to control / to regulate / variant of 制 |
| 制 |
zhì |
to manufacture / to make |
| 夷 |
yí |
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze |