作茧自缚
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard
verbidiom
Traditional: 作繭自縛
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- (verb, idiom) to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- hoist by his own petard
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Related Words
吐丝自缚(tǔ sī zì fù)— to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
→造茧自缚(zào jiǎn zì fù)— to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
→上山(shàng shān)— to go uphill
→以子之矛，攻子之盾(yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn)— lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
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