Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another
Idiomatic expression
Also written 毒を以て毒を制す【どくをもってどくをせいす】
Characters in this word
2毒
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Dictionary and index codes (31)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 0a8.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 5050.7 | Four corner code |
| 1447 | deroo |
| 6bd2 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-38-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2468 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3007 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2428 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3082 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1571 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2150 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1531 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1651 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1165 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 418 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 16730 | Morohashi |
| 559 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 522 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 531 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 686 | sakade |
| 659 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 588 | henshall3 |
| 513 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 788 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1145 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1545 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| du2 | Pinyin reading |
| dog | Korean reading |
| n2 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 15 | WaniKani level |
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Dictionary and index codes (33)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2f6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2220.0 | Four corner code |
| 2443 | deroo |
| 5236 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-32-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 683 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 481 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1274 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1624 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 854 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1170 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 418 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 447 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 196 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 656 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 635 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1961 | Morohashi |
| 722 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 427 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 433 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 823 | sakade |
| 357 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 744 | henshall3 |
| 689 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 161 | crowley |
| 687 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 193 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 425 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| zhi4 | Pinyin reading |
| je | Korean reading |
| n3 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 21 | WaniKani level |