请 君 入 瓮

qǐng jūn rù wèngdictionary entry

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

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請君入甕 请君入瓮 [qing3 jun1 ru4 weng4] /lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)/fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine/

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