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I was searching for the definition of this phrase

> 駆虎呑狼の計

and from what I could research this phrase comes from the novel Romance of The
Three Kingdoms (三国演義).

From my understanding a leopard is being chased by a tiger, and in doing so
the tiger is leaving his hideout exposed, so somebody is making the wolf
attack the tiger's place.

The problem is this paragraph i found were there's a direct translation that I
can't understand:

> 「駆虎呑狼」とは直訳すれば「虎を駆って狼を呑ませる」という意味。

I'm trying to interpret this as: Make a wolf infiltrate (a tiger's hideout) by
impelling a tiger.

I'm using the 3th definition of 呑む from here:
<https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E5%91%91%E3%82%80>

> ③ 比喩的に，門や入り口が人などを入れる。 「五万の観衆を－・んだ国立競技場」

I'm having troubles understanding this because most of the examples I found
using 呑む in causative form mean "to make someone cry/feel bad" which wouldn't
make sense according to what the phrase wants to express. Also is it normal to
use two を in one sentence? I think there's a rule against it.
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meaning causation interpretation
Meaning of 呑む in causative form
虎を駆って狼を呑ませる means "to drive the tiger to swallow the wolf".

狼を呑ませる doesn't mean "to make the wolf swallow", which is 狼に呑ませる, but "to make
someone to swallow the wolf".

There's nothing wrong about を. The first を leads to 駆って and the second one
does to 呑ませる.
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Let me share my perspective from a Chinese point of view. It might be helpful
if you can read 三国演义 in the original or simplified Chinese version. The
Japanese version of 三国演义 may interpret 駆虎呑狼 in a different way than the
original.

駆虎呑狼 literally means "to drive the tiger so that it swallows the wolf". It is
most commonly used figuratively to mean " using some clevelr manipulation so
that two people ( or groups of people) fight against each other, and you
benefit from them being weakened in the fight." Here the 虎 and 狼 typically
refers to someone much stronger than you. That's why you cannot just use brute
force, but rather must rely on some clever technique.

Edit: I should add that "fight" here is also used figuratively to refer to any
kind of competition. For example, competition between two business companies.
However, it does NOT apply to sports competitions. When you run a 400m race,
you are not using 駆虎呑狼 if you wait for people in first and second to get tired
and then you run past them to win first place.
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