以毒攻毒

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[ yǐ dú gōng dú ]

1. fight (combat) poison with poison

2. cure a poisoned patient with poison

3. counteract one toxin (poison) with another

4. fight fire with fire

5. Like cures like.

6. remove a boil with some poisonous drug

7. set a thief (rogue) to catch another thief (rogue)

8. treat the malignant disease with poisonous agents

9. use poison as an antidote to (for) poison

10. ovietan

11. use poison as an antidote for poison

12. fight poison with poison

13. fight fire with fire

叫小偷去抓小偷，这就叫 “以毒攻毒”。

jiào xiǎotōu qù zhuā xiǎotōu, zhè jiù jiào “yǐ dú gōng dú”.

To set a thief to catch a thief, that is what we call “to counteract one toxin with another”.

对付毒瘤，他以毒攻毒。

Duì fù dú liú, tā yǐ dú gōng dú.

To tackle the malignant growth, he fought poison with poison.