zuò jiǎn zì fù

Traditional: 作繭自縛

作茧自缚 (zuò jiǎn zì fù) is a Chinese word meaning “to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 作茧自缚

作zuō · (bound form) worker茧jiǎn · (bound form) cocoon自zì · (bound form) self; oneself缚fù · to bind

Related words

自己oneself; (attributive) one's own工作to work作为one's conduct作(bound form) worker作to do; to engage in来自to come from (a place)自由freedom; liberty自(bound form) self; oneself合作to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together自杀to kill oneself动作movement; motion; action自从since (a time)

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