以眼还眼
yǐ​yǎn​huán​yǎn

an eye for an eye

  • created reference approved 以眼还眼/以眼還眼 → 以牙还牙/以牙還牙 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以眼还眼 / 以眼還眼 yǐ​yǎn​huán​yǎn

    以牙还牙 / 以牙還牙 yǐ​yá​huán​yá

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 以眼还眼/以眼還眼 · yǐ​yǎn​huán​yǎn · an eye for an eye — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以眼还眼 / 以眼還眼

    yǐ​yǎn​huán​yǎn

    an eye for an eye

    an eye for an eye; to use the enemy's methods against them or give someone a taste of their own medicine

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 还 (literal) → 还/還 · huán · to retaliate 眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye

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

    created sense