倒打一耙

dào dǎ yī pá

Meaning

lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack; to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)

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倒dàoto collapse, to fall over; to lie down亻到打dǎto attack, to beat, to hit, to strike扌丁一yīone; a, an; alone 耙bàto rake耒巴