bān zhuān zá jiǎo

Traditional: 搬磚砸腳

搬砖砸脚 (bān zhuān zá jiǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to hurt oneself by one's own doing; to boomerang; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to hurt oneself by one's own doing
  2. 2to boomerang
  3. 3to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)

Characters in 搬砖砸脚

搬bān · to move (i.e. relocate oneself)砖zhuān · brick砸zá · to smash脚jiǎo · foot

Related words

脚foot脚role (variant of 角[jue2])搬to move (i.e. relocate oneself)砸to smash搬家to move house; to relocate搬走to carry脚趾toe手脚hand and foot脚踝ankle脚下under the foot脚步footstep脚印footprint

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