Chinese word dictionary

请君入瓮

qǐng jūn rù wèng · lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom); fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine

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Word information

Simplified请君入瓮

Traditional請君入甕

Pinyinqǐng jūn rù wèng

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

请qǐng

to ask, to request; to invite; please

君jūn

sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief

入rù

to enter, to come in; to join

瓮wèng

urn, earthen jar

How to learn 请君入瓮

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

请qǐng

to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

请问qǐngwèn

Excuse me, may I ask...?

请假qǐngjià

to request leave of absence

请客qǐngkè

to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner

加入jiārù

to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in

进入jìnrù

to enter; to join; to go into