noun
befriend distant states while attacking nearby ones
A classical Chinese diplomatic and military strategy, often cited as a historical concept rather than a modern policy term.
秦は遠交近攻の策を用いて六国を滅ぼした。
Qin used the strategy of befriending distant states while attacking nearby ones to destroy the six other states.
この故事成語は「遠交近攻」として知られている。
This historical idiom is known as 'enkoukinkou'.