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以子之矛,攻子之盾

lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard

Characters and words in 以子之矛,攻子之盾

= y + Ø3
old variant of 以[yi3]
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= y + Ø3
= y + Ø3
abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
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= y + Ø3
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
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= z + Ø3
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
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zhī = zh + Ø1
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
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máo = m + ao2
spear / lance / pike
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gōng = gu + (e)ng1
to attack / to accuse / to study
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dùn = du + (e)n4
shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
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Words with 以子之矛,攻子之盾

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Sentences with 以子之矛,攻子之盾

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