"以華制華" meaning in Chinese

See 以華制華 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jiː¹³ waː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³³ waː²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 以华制华 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: Modelled on 以夷制夷. Etymology templates: {{zh-l|以夷制夷}} 以夷制夷 Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} 以華制華
  1. (of foreign powers) to use Chinese people to subdue the Chinese
    Sense id: en-以華制華-zh-verb-INvNb~he Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "以夷制夷"
      },
      "expansion": "以夷制夷",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Modelled on 以夷制夷.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "以华制华",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "以華制華",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to use Chinese people to subdue the Chinese"
      ],
      "id": "en-以華制華-zh-verb-INvNb~he",
      "links": [
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "subdue",
          "subdue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of foreign powers) to use Chinese people to subdue the Chinese"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of foreign powers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐhuázhìhuá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ waa⁴ zai³ waa⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐhuázhìhuá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐhuájhìhhuá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³-hua²-chih⁴-hua²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ-hwá-jr̀-hwá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiihwajyhhwa"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ixuačžixua",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ихуачжихуа"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ waa⁴ zai³ waa⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yíh wàh jai wàh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ waa⁴ dzai³ waa⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁵ wa⁴ zei³ wa⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ waː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³³ waː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "以華制華"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "以夷制夷"
      },
      "expansion": "以夷制夷",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Modelled on 以夷制夷.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "以华制华",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "以華制華",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese redlinks/zh-l",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 以",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 制",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 華",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to use Chinese people to subdue the Chinese"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "subdue",
          "subdue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of foreign powers) to use Chinese people to subdue the Chinese"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of foreign powers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐhuázhìhuá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ waa⁴ zai³ waa⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐhuázhìhuá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐhuájhìhhuá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³-hua²-chih⁴-hua²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ-hwá-jr̀-hwá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiihwajyhhwa"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ixuačžixua",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ихуачжихуа"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ waa⁴ zai³ waa⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yíh wàh jai wàh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ waa⁴ dzai³ waa⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁵ wa⁴ zei³ wa⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ waː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³³ waː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "以華制華"
}

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