See 以毒攻毒 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "to attack poison with poison",
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"to fight fire with fire"
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"zh-pron": "yǐdúgōngdú"
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"zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄨˊ"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "ji⁵ duk⁶ gung¹ duk⁶"
},
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"zh-pron": "yǐdúgōngdú"
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"zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄨˊ"
},
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"zh-pron": "yǐdúgongdú"
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"zh-pron": "i³-tu²-kung¹-tu²"
},
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"standard"
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"zh-pron": "yǐ-dú-gūng-dú"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "yiidwugongdwu"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "идугунду"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "idugundu"
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ tu³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "yíh duhk gūng duhk"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ji⁵ duk⁹ gung¹ duk⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yi⁵ dug⁶ gung¹ dug⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ tʊk̚² kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ tu³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ tʊk̚² kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/"
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"word": "以毒攻毒"
}
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"zh-pron": "yǐdúgōngdú"
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"zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ji⁵ duk⁶ gung¹ duk⁶"
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"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "yǐdúgongdú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "i³-tu²-kung¹-tu²"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
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},
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
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},
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"Palladius",
"standard"
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"zh-pron": "идугунду"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "idugundu"
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ tu³⁵/",
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"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yíh duhk gūng duhk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ji⁵ duk⁹ gung¹ duk⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yi⁵ dug⁶ gung¹ dug⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ tʊk̚² kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ tu³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ tʊk̚² kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/"
}
],
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}
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