以牙还牙 (yǐ yá huán yá) | Meaning: a tooth for a tooth (retaliation) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat · measure for measure针锋相对zhēn fēng xiāng duì

to make reprisals; to retaliate · revenge; retaliation报复bào fù

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

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

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

lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) · fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine请君入瓮qǐng jūn rù wèng

a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)

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