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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

入土为安

rù tǔ wéi ān

1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)

国泰民安

guó tài mín ān

1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity

坐立不安

zuò lì bù ān

1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
2 restless
3 fidgety

Sample Sentences

那些会表演的可不是乞讨，人家好歹也付出了劳动。我一般都会帮他们。可是那些跪在路边一动不动的人就难说了，有很多都是假的。一天下来碰上几个像你这么有同情心的人收获可是不小啊。所以现在职业乞丐越来越多了。另外，最怕的就是前面说的那些有组织犯罪性质的乞丐团伙，他们除了拐卖妇女儿童以外，还有可能打着乞讨的幌子，干些偷抢的坏事。这是治安中的大问题。

nàxiē huì biǎoyǎn de kě bushì qǐtǎo ，rénjiā hǎodǎi yě fùchū le láodòng 。wǒ yī bān dōu huì bāng tāmen 。kěshì nàxiē guì zài lùbiān yīdòng bùdòng de rén jiù nánshuō le ，yǒu hěn duō dōu shì jiǎ de 。yī tiān xiàlái pèngshàng jǐge xiàng nǐ zhème yǒu tóngqíngxīn de rén shōuhuò kěshì bù xiǎo ā 。suǒyǐ xiànzài zhíyè qǐgài yuèláiyuèduō le 。lìngwài ，zuì pà de jiùshì qiánmian shuō de nàxiē yǒu zǔzhī fànzuì xìngzhì de qǐgài tuánhuǒ ，tāmen chú le guǎimài fùnǚ értóng yǐwài ，hái yǒu kěnéng dǎzhe qǐtǎo de huǎngzi ，gàn xiē tōu qiǎng de huàishì 。zhè shì zhìān zhōng de dà wèntí 。

The ones who do performances aren't beggars. At least they are putting in some effort. Generally, I help them out. But as for those who kneel at the side of the road, completely motionless, it's harder to say. A lot of them are fake. In a single day, if they bump into a couple empathetic people like you, they can make a pretty penny. So these days, there are more and more professional beggars. Plus, the scariest ones are those we just talked about. Some are organized criminal gangs of beggars. Besides trafficking in women and children, they may also do bad things like stealing under the pretense of begging. This is a big problem for public safety.

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哪儿有那么容易。中国有8亿农民，城市能提供多少工作岗位？现在才1亿多农民工城市都容纳不了，治安问题，住房问题，医疗问题，孩子上学高考问题，一大堆问题。

nǎr yǒu nàme róngyì 。Zhōngguó yǒu bā yì nóngmín ，chéngshì néng tígōng duōshao gōngzuògǎngwèi ？xiànzài cái yī yì duō nóngmíngōng chéngshì dōu róngnà bùliǎo ，zhì ān wèntí ，zhùfáng wèntí ，yīliáo wèntí ，háizi shàngxué gāokǎo wèntí ，yīdàduī wèntí 。

It's not that easy. There are 800 million farmers in China. How many jobs can the cities provide for them? Nowadays the cities can't absorb even 100 million workers. There are policing issues, housing issues, medical treatment issues, issues with children going to school and taking the gaokao. There are a ton of issues.

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哦，治安怎么样？

ò ，zhì ān zěnmeyàng ？

Oh, is it safe?

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您放心，这是全纽约治安最好的一个社区。

nín fàngxīn ，zhè shì quán Niǔyuē zhì ān zuì hǎo de yī gè shèqū 。

You can rest assured. This is the safest community in all of New York.

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听说治安也特别好。

tīngshuō zhìān yě tèbié hǎo 。

I've heard that personal security is also especially good.

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小赵，波士顿治安怎么样？

Xiǎo Zhào ，Bōshìdùn zhì ān zěnmeyàng ？

Xiao Zhao, how safe is Boston?

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