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以夷制夷

yi3 yi2 zhi4 yi2

• to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
• Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)

以子之矛，攻子之盾

yi3 zi3 zhi1 mao2 , gong1 zi3 zhi1 dun4

• lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
• fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
• hoist with his own petard

以小人之心，度君子之腹

yi3 xiao3 ren2 zhi1 xin1 , duo2 jun1 zi3 zhi1 fu4

• to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)

以少胜多

繁体：以少勝多

yi3 shao3 sheng4 duo1

• using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness

以工代赈

繁体：以工代賑

yi3 gong1 dai4 zhen4

• to provide work to relieve poverty

以巴

Yi3 Ba1

• Israeli-Palestinian

以弗所

Yi3 fu2 suo3

• Ephesus, city of ancient Greece

以弗所书

繁体：以弗所書

Yi3 fu2 suo3 shu1

• Epistle of St Paul to the Ephesians