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Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「請君入甕」—details below.

The idiom 「請君入甕」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Urn: a kind of ceramic container. A metaphor for using the method someone uses to discipline others to discipline himself.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qǐng jūn rù wèng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheng2 gwan1 yap6 ung3

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