请公入瓮 / 請公入甕

qǐng​gōng​rù​wèng

taste of one's own medicine

to trap someone using their own methods or tricks; to fall into a trap that one has set for others

请 (literal) → 请/請 · qǐng · to invite 公 (literal) → 公 · gōng · sir 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to enter 瓮 (literal) → 瓮 · wèng · urn

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM