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Tooth for a tooth
以牙還牙 is a phrase that often goes with “An eye for an eye,” even in Chinese. Revenge seems to cross all languages, cultures, and even species (animals are known to take revenge too).
If a Chinese person uses just one part of the full proverb, it will be this “tooth for a tooth” one. Although, we are more likely to say “eye for an eye” alone in English.
Chinese people may also read this with the meaning of “Bite me, and I will bite you back.” However, it literally means “tooth for a tooth” or “you take my tooth, I take yours.”
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
Here's the full proverb, 以牙还牙以眼还眼, with the first and second parts.
However, in Chinese, it's more natural to put the “tooth” part first, so this more accurately reads “Tooth for a tooth, eye for an eye.”
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Ivory / Tooth
牙 is the character for ivory or tooth in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
牙 can also mean tooth, tusk, fang, or molar.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
以牙還牙 以牙还牙 see styles |
yǐ yá huán yá yi3 ya2 huan2 ya2 i ya huan ya |
More info & calligraphy: Tooth for a tooth |
同害報復 see styles |
dougaihoufuku / dogaihofuku どうがいほうふく |
(principle of) an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; lex talionis; equal retaliation |
以眼還眼，以牙還牙 以眼还眼，以牙还牙 see styles |
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá yi3 yan3 huan2 yan3 , yi3 ya2 huan2 ya2 i yen huan yen , i ya huan ya |
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him; to give sb a taste of his own medicine |
目には目を歯には歯を see styles |
menihameohanihahao めにはめをはにははを |
(expression) (from Matthew 5:38) an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Tooth for a tooth | 以牙還牙 以牙还牙 | yǐ yá huán yá yi3 ya2 huan2 ya2 yi ya huan ya yiyahuanya | i ya huan ya iyahuanya |
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| Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth | 以牙還牙以眼還眼 以牙还牙以眼还眼 | yǐ yá huán yá yǐ yǎn huán yǎn yi3 ya2 huan2 ya2 yi3 yan3 huan2 yan3 yi ya huan ya yi yan huan yan yiyahuanyayiyanhuanyan | i ya huan ya i yen huan yen iyahuanyaiyenhuanyen |
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| Ivory Tooth | 牙 | kiba | yá / ya2 / ya | |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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