Results for “以”

for the sake of / in order to

lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom) / to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself

to learn from history (idiom)

harmony is to be prized

(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)

Ethernet

to end in failure

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)

lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard

to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)

using the few to defeat the many (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness

to provide work to relieve poverty

using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness

to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)

see 見微知著|见微知著[jiàn wēi zhī zhù]

to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good

to take caution as the key (idiom) / to proceed very carefully

to use violence to curb violence

to replace one tyranny by another / to use violence against violence

in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for

under one's own name / named after oneself

to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)

to abuse power to crush the law

to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)

in the proper order / the following

(idiom) in order to set the record straight / to clarify matters for the public

to regard as / to treat as

and so on / in a similar fashion

to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying

in order to

see 相濡以沫[xiāng rú yǐ mò]

to manage a situation badly (idiom)

to barter / barter

to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)

to kill sb for a trifle

an eye for an eye (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine

an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine

to serve as a warning (idiom)

to treat sb with due respect (idiom)

regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status