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以其人之道，還治其人之身
简 以其人之道，还治其人之身 · 繁 以其人之道，還治其人之身Mandarin · pinyin yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
Meanings
- to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹 Zhū Xī)
- to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
Characters in this entry
- 以
- yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
- 其
- qí · his, her, its, their; that
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 之
- zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
- 道
- dào · path, road, street; method, way
- 還
- hái · still, yet, also, besides
- 治
- zhì · govern, regulate, administer
- 身
- shēn · body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
- 还
- hái · still, yet, also, besides
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