以
其
人
之
道
,
还
治
其
人
之
身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào,huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
基本释义
以:拿;治:惩处。用别人的办法来惩治别人。
英文翻译
to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹)
to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game