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    3. 毒を以て毒を制す

    毒を以て毒を制す

    毒どくを​以もって​毒どくを​制せいす​

    fight fire with fire

    NTExpressionsCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab38 strokes

    どくをもってどくをせいす

    Expressions

    1.
    fight fire with fire, set a thief to catch a thief, fight one evil with another
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    毒
    poison・virus・venom・germ・harm…(2)
    Kanji
    以
    もっ.て…(2)
    by means of・because・in view of・compared with
    Kanji
    制
    system・law・rule
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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