expression, nidan verb (lower class) with 'hu/fu' ending (archaic)
replace one tyranny with another; use violence against violence
Archaic expression from classical Chinese; used to describe a situation where a new regime or force is just as oppressive as the one it replaced. Rare in modern Japanese outside of literary or historical contexts.
The phrase 'replace one tyranny with another' warns that a revolution may end up producing the same oppression.
Classical kanji spelling using 以て and 易う; the most traditional written form.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; slightly more readable but still archaic.
From the Chinese idiom 以暴易暴 (yǐ bào yì bào), meaning 'to replace one tyranny with another'. The Japanese reading is a kun'yomi-based rendering of the Chinese characters, preserving the classical structure.