请君入瓮

請君入甕

qǐngjūnrùwèng

idiom

Meanings

1 please, sir, step into the jar
2 to give someone a taste of their own medicine

Characters

please / invite

sir / gentleman

earthenware jar

Examples

他设计了一个请君入瓮的圈套，让对方自食其果。

Tā shèjì le yí ge qǐngjūnrùwèng de quāntào, ràng duìfāng zì shí qí guǒ.

He set up a step-into-your-own-jar trap to let his opponent taste his own medicine.

这次我们就请君入瓮，让他知道厉害。

Zhè cì wǒmen jiù qǐngjūnrùwèng, ràng tā zhīdào lìhài.

This time we will turn his own methods against him and teach him a lesson.

Tips

history

From 《资治通鉴·唐纪》: Tang empress Wu Zetian's cruel official Lai Junchen (来俊臣) asked the equally cruel Zhou Xing (周兴) how to make stubborn suspects confess. Zhou suggested heating a large earthenware jar and forcing the suspect inside. Lai then revealed he had been ordered to interrogate Zhou himself — 'Please, sir, step into the jar.' Zhou confessed at once.

Stroke Order

请 qǐng

君 jūn

入 rù

瓮 wèng