以毒攻毒

yǐdúgōngdú

fight poison with poison; use poison as an antidote for poison

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combat poison with poison

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combat poison with poison

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to cure ills with poison (idiom, refers to technique of traditional Chinese medicine); to fight evil with evil, set a thief to catch a thief, to fight fire with fire

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以毒攻毒

yǐ dú gōng dú

fight (combat) poison with poison; cure a poisoned patient with poison; counteract one toxin (poison) with another; fight fire with fire; Like cures like.; remove a boil with some poisonous drug; set a thief (rogue) to catch another thief (rogue); treat the malignant disease with poisonous agents; use poison as an antidote to (for) poison; ovietan:

叫小偷去抓小偷， 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”.

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以毒攻毒|以毒攻毒 [yǐ dú gōng dú] ► to cure ills with poison (TCM) ► to fight evil with evil ► set a thief to catch a thief ► to fight fire with fire