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  1. 利用外族外國矛盾使互相衝突削減力量以便控制攻伐以夷伐夷」、以夷治夷」。

  2. 學習他國長處克制他國

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)​