以一驭万 — Chinese idiom
以一驭万
yǐ yī yù wàn
Traditional: 以一馭萬
Meaning
- to control a key point is to be master of the situation
Character by character
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 驭yùto drive, to ride; to manage, to control
- 万wànten thousand; innumerable
Idioms sharing a character
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不知所以 bù zhī suǒ yǐ
- 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
- 以债养债 yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
- 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
- 以卵击石 yǐ luǎn jī shí
- 以史为鉴 yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
- 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí
- 以少胜多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō
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