请兄入瓮
qǐng​xiōng​rù​wèng

to give someone a taste of their own medicine

  • created sense approved 请兄入瓮/請兄入甕 · qǐng​xiōng​rù​wèng · to give someone a taste of their own medicine — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    请兄入瓮 / 請兄入甕

    qǐng​xiōng​rù​wèng

    to give someone a taste of their own medicine

    (variant form) to invite a person to enter a ceramic jar, meaning to use someone's own methods against them or to lead someone into a trap

    请 (literal) → 请/請 · qǐng · to invite 兄 (literal) → 兄 · xiōng · older male friend 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