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combat poison with poison; use poison as an antidote for poison; counteract one toxin with another

yǐ dú gōng dú

以 毒 攻 毒

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derogcombat poison with poison; use poison as an antidote for poison; counteract one toxin with another
- ràng xiǎo tōu qù zhuā xiǎo tōu zhè jiù jiào yǐ dú gōng dú
  让小偷去抓小偷，这就叫“以毒攻毒”。
  To set a thief to catch a thief, that is what we call “to counteract one toxin with another”.
- zuì hǎo de bàn fǎ jiù shì yǐ dú gōng dú
  最好的办法就是以毒攻毒。
  The best way is to fight poison with poison.
synonym
yǐ yá huán yá以牙还牙 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn以眼还眼 yǐ zhàn zhǐ zhàn以战止战

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