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請君入甕

简请君入瓮 · 繁請君入甕

Mandarin · pinyin qǐng jūn rù wèng

lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)
fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine

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請: qǐng · ask, request; invite; please
君: jūn · sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince
入: rù · enter, come in(to), join
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请: qǐng · ask, request; invite; please
瓮: wèng · earthen jar; jar for ashes

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3–1–4–4 · qing3 jun1 ru4 weng4

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(idiomatic) to pay back in someone's own coin; to give someone a taste of his/her own medicine; to make someone's act backfire on him or her; to treat someone in his or her own ways

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