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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

以身作则

yǐ shēn zuò zé

1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model

Sample Sentences

置身事外，用一个旁观者的眼光来看待这些繁杂的思绪，看着它们起灭，但不做任何判断，任凭思绪来去就好，不要跟随思绪游走，注意力柔和地专注在一点。

zhìshēnshìwài ，yòng yī gè pángguānzhě de yǎnguāng lái kàndài zhèxiē fánzá de sīxù ，kàn zhe tāmen qǐmiè ，dàn bù zuò rènhé pànduàn ，rènpíng sīxù láiqù jiù hǎo ，bù yào gēnsuí sīxù yóuzǒu ，zhùyìlì róuhé de zhuānzhù zài yīdiǎn 。

Try and remove yourself from things, and try to look at these complex emotions from the perspective of an observer, watch them as they form and extinguish, but don't make any judgements, just let them come and go, and don't follow them as they go, set your focus gently on one spot.

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哈哈，你学得还真像。其实不难看出《武林外传》最成功的地方就是把现代的语言和文化融进古代的戏剧背景中。主人公们置身于古代场景，穿着古代服饰，却完全带上了现代人的思维方式和语言风格，这种反差就是最好的笑料。另外，拿经典开涮也给这部电视剧增色不少。你记得“如果上天能给我最后一次机会，我会对李大嘴说3个字：少放盐！” 这句话吗？真是绝啊。大家乍一听还以为在看周星驰的电影呢，没想到最后居然冒出这么一句话，让人不笑都不行。

hāhā ，nǐ xué de hái zhēn xiàng 。qíshí bù nán kàn chū 《Wǔlín wàizhuàn 》zuì chénggōng de dìfang jiùshì bǎ xiàndài de yǔyán hé wénhuà róng jìn gǔdài de xìjù bèijǐng zhōng 。zhǔréngōngmen zhìshēn yú gǔdài chǎngjǐng ，chuān zhe gǔdài fúshì ，què wánquán dài shàng le xiàndàirén de sīwéi fāngshì hé yǔyán fēnggé ，zhèzhǒng fǎnchā jiùshì zuìhǎo de xiàoliào 。lìngwài ，ná jīngdiǎn kāishuàn yě gěi zhè bù diànshìjù zēngsè bùshǎo 。nǐ jìde “rúguǒ shàngtiān néng gěi wǒ zuìhòu yīcì jīhuì ，wǒ huì duì Lǐ Dàzuǐ shuō sān ge zì ：shǎo fàng yán ！” zhè jù huà ma ？zhēnshì jué ā 。dàjiā zhà yī tīng hái yǐwéi zài kàn Zhōu Xīngchí de diànyǐng ne ，méixiǎngdào zuìhòu jūrán màochū zhème yī jù huà ，ràng rén bù xiào dōu bùxíng 。

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