以眼还眼 (yǐ yǎn huán yǎn) | Meaning: an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to cure ills with poison (TCM) · to fight evil with evil · set a thief to catch a thief · to fight fire with fire以毒攻毒yǐ dú gōng dú

a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)以牙还牙yǐ yá huán yá

to replace one tyranny by another · to use violence against violence以暴易暴yǐ bào yì bào

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

an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him · to give sb a taste of his own medicine

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