lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner; fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices; hoist with his own petard
Characters in this word
6以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
矛
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spear; lance; pike, CL:支[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- máo
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 26801 of 2500
攻
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to attack, to accuse, to study, (LGBT) top
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 19734 of 2500
盾
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shield (CL:面[mian4]), (currency) Vietnamese dong, currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
- Pinyin
- dùn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1426 of 2500