以其人之道,还治其人之身

yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn · yi qi ren zhi dao , huan zhi qi ren zhi shen

Traditional 以其人之道,還治其人之身

Meaning

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  1. to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹 (Zhū Xī))
  2. to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
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