以牙还牙
yǐ​yá​huán​yá

tit for tat

  • created sense approved 以牙还牙/以牙還牙 · yǐ​yá​huán​yá · tit for tat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以牙还牙 / 以牙還牙

    yǐ​yá​huán​yá

    tit for tat

    to fight back using the same methods that were used against you; to give tit for tat; to retaliate in kind

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 牙 (literal) → 牙 · yá · tooth 还 (literal) → 还/還 · huán · to retaliate 牙 (literal) → 牙 · yá · tooth

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense