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以毒攻毒

yǐ dú gōng dú

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Definitions

  1. 1. to cure ills with poison (TCM)
  2. 2. to fight evil with evil
  3. 3. set a thief to catch a thief
  4. 4. to fight fire with fire

Example Sentences

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以毒攻毒
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 344811)

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Child Words of 以毒攻毒

毒
dú

poison

以
yǐ

to use

攻
gōng

to attack