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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 以毒攻毒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú - to cure ills with poison (TCM)
- to fight evil with evil
- set a thief to catch a thief
- to fight fire with fire

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 33,440 60,994 35,713

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- poison
- to poison
- poisonous
- malicious
- cruel
- fierce
- narcotics
gōng- to attack
- to accuse
- to study
- (LGBT) top
- poison
- to poison
- poisonous
- malicious
- cruel
- fierce
- narcotics

Other Words Containing 以毒攻毒

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
以毒攻毒 - - 33,440 60,994 35,713