1 lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters
以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
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
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
1 political and military achievements (idiom)
明辨是非
míng biàn shì fēi
1 to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
是非莫辨
shì fēi mò biàn
1 unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
治丧从俭
zhì sàng cóng jiǎn
1 to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom)
治大国若烹小鲜
zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān
1 ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
2 effective government requires minimal intervention
真伪莫辨
zhēn wěi mò biàn
1 can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake
2 not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)
臻于郅治
zhēn yú zhì zhì
1 to attain a state of perfect governance (idiom)
齐家治国
qí jiā zhì guó
1 to regulate the family and rule the state (idiom)
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