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Definitions

  1. 1. non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
  2. 2. barbarians
  3. 3. to wipe out
  4. 4. to exterminate
  5. 5. to tear down
  6. 6. to raze

Words Containing 夷

化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí

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

三夷教
sān yí jiào

the three foreign religions (Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism)

以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí

to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)

凌夷
líng yí

to deteriorate

匪夷所思
fěi yí suǒ sī

unimaginable

夏威夷
xià wēi yí

Hawaii, US state

夏威夷岛
xià wēi yí dǎo

Hawaii island

夏威夷州
xià wēi yí zhōu

Hawaii, US state

夏威夷果
xià wēi yí guǒ

macadamia nut

夏威夷火山国家公园
xià wēi yí huǒ shān guó jiā gōng yuán

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

夷平
yí píng

to level

夷戮
yí lù

to massacre

夷旷
yí kuàng

expansive

夷洲
yí zhōu

name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan

夷灭
yí miè

to massacre

夷为平地
yí wéi píng dì

to level

夷然
yí rán

calm

夷狄
yí dí

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

夷犹
yí yóu

to hesitate

夷门
yí mén

the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states

夷陵
yí líng

Yiling, ancient name of Yichang 宜昌[yí chāng]

夷陵区
yí líng qū

Yiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市[yí chāng shì], Hubei

履险如夷
lǚ xiǎn rú yí

lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)

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[wèi yuán]

攘夷
rǎng yí

to repel the barbarians

东夷
dōng yí

Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC

武夷山
wǔ yí shān

Mt Wuyi in Fujian

武夷山市
wǔ yí shān shì

Wuyishan, county-level city in Nanping 南平[nán píng] Fujian

烧夷弹
shāo yí dàn

incendiary bomb

色夷
sè yí

smiling genially

虾夷
xiā yí

Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus

虾夷葱
xiā yí cōng

chive

蛮夷
mán yí

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

襟怀夷旷
jīn huái yí kuàng

broad-minded

逆夷
nì yí

invaders (insulting term)

鄙夷
bǐ yí

to despise

陵夷
líng yí

to deteriorate