ChinesePod

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

以防万一

yǐ fáng wàn yī

1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
2 prepared for any eventualities

俭以防匮

jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì

1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)

文治武功

wén zhì wǔ gōng

1 political and military achievements (idiom)

明枪好躲，暗箭难防

míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng

1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies

Sample Sentences

防治青少年沉迷游戏，是社会大课题，牵涉到多方力量。

fángzhì qīngshàonián chénmí yóuxì ，shì shèhuì dà kètí ，qiānshè dào duōfāng lìliang 。

To prevent teenage addiction to mobile games has become a major social problem that involves many forces.

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防治青少年沉迷游戏，不应将希望只寄托在企业开发一套严格的防沉迷系统，应是社会整体联防：法律的归法律，技术的归技术，教育的归教育，家庭的归家庭。

fángzhì qīngshàonián chénmí yóuxì ，bù yīng jiāng xīwàng zhǐ jìtuō zài qǐyè kāifā yītào yángé de fáng chénmí xìtǒng ，yīngshì shèhuì zhěngtǐ liánfáng ：fǎlǜ de guī fǎlǜ ，jìshù de guī jìshù ，jiàoyù de guī jiàoyù ，jiātíng de guī jiātíng 。

Preventive and control measures on teenage mobile games addiction should not rest solely on enterprises to develop anti addiction prevention system. Instead it should be a holistic social defence mechanism: what is law, technology, education and family should come under law, technology, education and family respectively.

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