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to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
HSK 7-9
Hawaii, US state
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  *夷* | 夷* | *夷
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze
Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
to despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for
lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom) / fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
to repel the barbarians
Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus
common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian
to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written 凌夷
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)
to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written 陵夷
"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源
smiling genially / to beam
invaders (insulting term) / foreign aggressors


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