返り討ち

Reading

Kana: かえりうち

Romaji: kaeriuchi

Definitions

noun

1

killing a would-be avenger

2

having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

Kanji

返

Readings: ヘン、 かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る

Meanings: return, answer, fade, repay

討

Readings: トウ、 う.つ

Meanings: chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer