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请君入瓮

qǐng jūn rù wèng

4-character word Traditional 請君入甕

What 请君入瓮 means

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

The characters in 请君入瓮

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 君jūnmonarch; lord; gentleman
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 瓮wèngpottery container for water, wine etc