Pinyin Dictionary results for "yi zi zhi mao , gong zi zhi dun"

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
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