還治其人之身 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 還治其人之身

還治其人之身 (还治其人之身)

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Usage

Characters 还 (還) hái/huán 治 zhì 其 qí 人 rén 之 zhī 身 shēn

COMMON WORDS WITH 還治其人之身
	以其人之道，還治其人之身 ( 以其人之道，还治其人之身 ) yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn 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 )

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