毒を以て毒を制す

Reading

Kana: どくをもってどくをせいす

Romaji: dokuwomottedokuwoseisu

Definition

exp

1

fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another

Note: idiomatic expression

Kanji

毒

Reading: ドク

Meanings: poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite

以

Readings: イ、 もっ.て

Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with

制

Reading: セイ

Meanings: system, law, rule