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

请qǐng君jūn入rù瓮wèng

lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot; fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine

An interrogator described his favourite device, a heated jar, and was then politely invited to climb into it. For catching someone with the exact method they invented.