an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
trad. 以眼還眼
Also written 以眼還眼【yǐ yǎn huán yǎn】
Characters in this word
3以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
眼
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eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]), (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance, small hole, (bound form) salient point, classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4324 of 2500
还
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surname Huan
- Pinyin
- Huán
- Traditional
- 還
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 49 of 2500