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Home / Idiom / 以其人之道，还治其人之身

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
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a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)以牙还牙yǐ yá huán yáan 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 yǎnto beat sb at their own game (idiom)将计就计jiāng jì jiù jì