Source : CEDICT

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

Source : CEDICT

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