师夷长技以制夷 (師夷長技以制夷) shī yí zhǎngjì yǐ zhì yí

shī yí zhǎngjì yǐ zhì yí phrase learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them, idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '師夷長技以制夷')