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夷

yí

Definition

non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
barbarians
to wipe out
to exterminate
to tear down
to raze

Character Decomposition

Compounds (11)

aunt; mother's sister

particle (expression of surprise); why!

soap; pancreas

to weed

(old) class; category; corpse

bruise; sores

nasal mucus; Taiwan pr. [yi2]

(grass)

place name

happy; joyous

(tree)

Related words (22)

to level; to raze to the ground

to massacre

expansive; level and broad; broad-minded

to massacre; to die out

calm

to hesitate

non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China; barbarians

yí wéi píng dì

to level; to raze to the ground

to deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 陵夷

to repel the barbarians

smiling genially; to beam

common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory; barbarian

invaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors

to despise; to look down upon; despicable

to deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 凌夷

the three foreign religions (Nestorianism, Manicheanism and Zoroastrianism)

fire bomb; incendiary device

chive

fěi yí suǒ sī

unimaginable; outrageous; freakish

lǚ xiǎn rú yí

to cross a ravine like flat ground; (fig.) to handle a crisis effortlessly; to keep a cool head in a crisis

jīn huái yí kuàng

broad-minded

师夷长技以制夷

shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yí

"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源

Idioms (2)

yǐ yí zhì yí

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)

huà xiǎn wéi yí

to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

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