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- non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
- barbarians
- to wipe out
- to exterminate
- to tear down
- to raze
Trad. 蠻夷
- common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory
- barbarian
Trad. 蝦夷
- Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus
Trad. 東夷
- Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
Trad. 夷陵區
- Yiling, a district of Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei
- Mt Wuyi in Fujian
- Wuyishan National Nature Reserve
- see 武夷山市[Wu3 yi2 shan1 Shi4]
- the three foreign religions that had been introduced to China by the time of the Tang dynasty: Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism
- 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)
Trad. 履險如夷
- lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
- fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
Trad. 化險為夷
- to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
- Wuyishan, a county-level city in Nanping City 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4], Fujian
Trad. 師夷長技以制夷
- "learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源[Wei4 Yuan2]
Trad. 夏威夷火山國家公園
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park