请君入瓮 — Chinese idiom
请君入瓮
qǐng jūn rù wèng
Traditional: 請君入甕
Meaning
- lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot
- fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
Character by character
- 请qǐngto ask, to request; to invite; please
- 君jūnsovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 瓮wèngurn, earthen jar
Idioms sharing a character
- 不情之请 bù qíng zhī qǐng
- 另请高明 lìng qǐng gāo míng
- 负荆请罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì
- 仁人君子 rén rén jūn zǐ
- 忠君爱国 zhōng jūn ài guó
- 淑人君子 shū rén jūn zi
- 一拥而入 yī yōng ér rù
- 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
- 不堪入耳 bù kān rù ěr
- 乘虚而入 chéng xū ér rù
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