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1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine

做好做歹

zuò hǎo zuò dǎi

1 to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn

Sample Sentences

也不全是这样，不过你想想，要是妈就这样病死了，我连一毛钱都拿不到，要是让她动个手术，无论是治好了，还是死了，对我们都有利。

yě bù quán shì zhèyàng ，búguò nǐ xiǎngxiang ，yàoshì mā jiù zhèyàng bìng sǐ le ，wǒ lián yì máo qián dōu ná búdào ，yàoshì ràng tā dòng gè shǒushù ，wúlùn shì zhìhǎo le ，háishì sǐ le ，duì wǒmen dōu yǒulì 。

Son: That's not the only reason, but think about it. If mom just died from her illness, I wouldn't be able to get a cent. However having the operation, meant that we would have benefited if she had lived and gotten better or now that she has died.

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治好了吗？

zhìhǎo le ma ？

Did he get better?

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