How To Say 'Fight Fire With Fire' In Korean
Written byLee Min-jung (이민정)
Here's the Korean equivalent for "fight fire with fire":
이열치열
This literally translates to "with heat cure heat".
Vocabulary
| Korean | English Meaning |
|---|---|
| 덥다 | to be hot (weather) |
| 뜨겁다 | to be hot (objects and touch) |
| 맵다 | to be spicy |
| V/A + 아/어/여도 | even if, even though |
Even though the summer weather is hot, Korean people still eat hot and spicy food. Fight fire with fire!
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You can use the expression 이열치열 in Korean to mean fight fire with fire (lit. with heat cure heat).
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