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師夷長技以制夷

shīyíchángjìyǐzhìyí

ㄕ ㄧˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄧˇ ㄓˋ ㄧˊ

Simplified 师夷长技以制夷

  1. 1"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源[Wei4 Yuan2]

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