以其人之道，还治其人之身

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

释义

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 的构成词

• 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 人 rén: person; people
• 以 yǐ: to use
• 其 qí: his
• 治 zhì: to rule
• 道 dào: road
• 还 hái: still
• 还 huán: to pay back
• 身 shēn: body