to make someone feel extreme discomfort by helping them, being really generous, or by treating them too kindly, particularly someone who did one wrong

用善意让人难堪, 以德报怨
他想让她难堪,但她反而用善意让他下不来台。
to be extremely angry with a person and be trying to find them and possibly hurt them

气得要找某人报复, 怒气冲冲地找某人算账
他待在家里,因为他知道老板气得要找他算账。
to use methods or tactics similar to those of one's opponent in a fight or argument

以其人之道还治其人之身, 用对方的办法反击
他讨厌他们的卑劣手段,但知道自己必须以牙还牙。
to retaliate by treating others in the same negative manner they treated one

以其人之道还治其人之身, 以牙还牙
以牙还牙也许让人觉得公平,但可能会让事情更糟。
a concept in which if someone harms one, one should harm them back in the same way

以眼还眼, 同等报复
她不想以眼还眼;她只想让争斗停止。
a hidden personal motive or agenda that someone holds

隐藏的个人私心, 自己的小算盘
带着隐藏私心的评论者可能会毁掉一场公正的讨论。
to angrily ask for a person or group to be punished or hurt

愤怒要求惩罚, 叫嚣报复
部长辞职时,抗议者仍在愤怒地要求惩罚他。
to outperform someone using the same methods and tactics that they use

用对方的办法打败对方, 在对方擅长的套路里赢过对方
要赢得这场选举,我们必须用他们自己的办法打败他们。
to seek to harm or punish someone who has wronged or harmed one

报复回去, 找回场子
他们当众羞辱了他,现在他正想报复回去。
to have enough strength and confidence to match others' ferocity and intensity during an argument or a fight

毫不示弱地回击, 不甘示弱
别担心他;他知道怎么毫不示弱地回击。
trying to punish, harm, or kill someone

一心想报复, 铁了心要惩罚人
诉讼一公开,投资者们就一心想报复。
a harsh or unpleasant way of treating someone that is almost identical to the manner in which they treated one

被同样对待, 自食其果
那位粗鲁的经理被客户同样对待时,也算是自食其果。
to hurt or punish someone in a way that ensures one they will never repeat their past behavior

给某人一个教训, 让他长长记性
惩罚的目的是让他长记性,不是毁了他。
used to show one's confidence in dealing with another person's behavior and using it to their disadvantage

会这招的不止你一个, 我也能用同样的方式回敬
他威胁要拖延交易,于是我提醒他,会这招的不止他一个。
the action of taking revenge on someone for something unpleasant they did to one in order to get even or feel better

以牙还牙, 同样回敬
她拒绝卷入以牙还牙,转身离开了。
to destroy someone's happiness or self-assurance through a remark, action, or event

让某人笑不出来, 扫某人的兴
就那一句话,让她笑不出来了。
used when a person attempts to embarrass or humiliate someone but gets embarrassed or humiliated instead

笑话反倒落到自己头上, 想让别人出丑,结果自己出丑
我本想让哥哥出丑,结果出丑的是我自己。
to decide to stop a particular activity or relationship

就此打住, 结束这件事
努力多年后,她决定放手,继续往前走。
to make someone feel less important or influential by showing that their claims are not true

让某人认清自己的位置, 杀杀某人的威风
审计让几位高级经理认清了自己的位置。
to make things fair by addressing a previous unfairness or imbalance

扳回一局, 弥补之前的不公平
他们提出公开道歉,以弥补之前的不公平。