以其人之道，还治其人之身
Traditional form:
以其人之道，還治其人之身
Pinyin (reading):
yǐqírénzhīdào,huánzhìqírénzhīshēn
Definitions:
- to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹 ( Zhū Xī))
- to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
Characters:
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 人 - man, person; people
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 道 - method, way; path, road
- 还 - also, besides; still, yet; to return
- 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 人 - man, person; people
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
Traditional characters:
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 人 - man, person; people
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 道 - method, way; path, road
- 還 - also, besides; still, yet; to return
- 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 人 - man, person; people
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy