以其人之道，还治其人之身

Traditional: 以其人之道，還治其人之身

yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn

Dictionary entry

to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1])

What does 以其人之道，还治其人之身 mean?

以其人之道，还治其人之身 (yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1])

2to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine

Character breakdown

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以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]其qíhis · her 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 道dàoroad; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) · (bound form) way; reason; principle 还Huánsurname Huan 治zhìto rule · to govern 身shēnbody · life

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How to pronounce 以其人之道，还治其人之身

以其人之道，还治其人之身

yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn

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