How To Say 'Fight Fire With Fire' In Korean

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Here's the Korean equivalent for "fight fire with fire":

이열치열

This literally translates to "with heat cure heat".


Vocabulary

KoreanEnglish Meaning
덥다to be hot (weather)
뜨겁다to be hot (objects and touch)
맵다to be spicy
V/A + 아/어/여도even 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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