以毒攻毒

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	poison; narcotics	to attack; to accuse; to study	poison; narcotics
simp. and trad. (以毒攻毒)		以	毒	攻	毒
Literally: “to attack poison with poison”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐdúgōngdú

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄉㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ duk⁶ gung¹ duk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐdúgōngdú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄉㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyidwugongdwu
  - IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tu³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ duk⁶ gung¹ duk⁶
  - Yale: yíh duhk gūng duhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ duk⁹ gung¹ duk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ dug⁶ gung¹ dug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ tʊk̚² kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/

Idiom

以毒攻毒

to fight fire with fire

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