Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

造繭自縛

zàojiǎnzìfù

ㄗㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ

Simplified 造茧自缚

  1. 1to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2hoist with his own petard

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