Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

作繭自縛

zuòjiǎnzìfú

ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˊ

Simplified 作茧自缚

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

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