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to beat sb at their own game (idiom)

将计就计
jiāng jì jiù jì
j+iāng·1st tonej+ì·4th tonej+iù·4th tonej+ì·4th tone
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to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹) · to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine以其人之道，还治其人之身yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn