还以颜色
huán​yǐ​yán​sè

to hit back

  • created sense approved 还以颜色/還以顏色 · huán​yǐ​yán​sè · to hit back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    还以颜色 / 還以顏色

    huán​yǐ​yán​sè

    to hit back

    To retaliate using the same methods or actions as one's opponent; to give someone a taste of their own medicine.

    还 (literal) → 还/還 · huán · to retaliate 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 颜色 (literal) → 颜色/顏色 · yán​sè · lesson

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

    created sense