以毒攻毒 in English yi3 du2 gong1 du2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to cure ills with poison (TCM)
  • to fight evil with evil
  • set a thief to catch a thief
  • to fight fire with fire

Simplified Characters

以 毒 攻 毒

Traditional Characters

以 毒 攻 毒

Pinyin

yi3 du2 gong1 du2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 毒du2poison 攻gong1to attack 毒du2poison