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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정의

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

以其人之道，还治其人之身의 구성 단어

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

person; people

to use

his

to rule

road

still

to pay back

body