bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo

Traditional: 搬起石頭砸自己的腳

搬起石头砸自己的脚 (bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom); hoisted by one's own petard”.

Meanings

  1. 1to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  2. 2hoisted by one's own petard

Characters in 搬起石头砸自己的脚

搬bān · to move (i.e. relocate oneself)起qǐ · to rise石dàn · dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters头tóu · head砸zá · to smash自zì · (bound form) self; oneself己jǐ · self的de · of; ~'s (possessive particle)脚jiǎo · foot

Related words

的of; ~'s (possessive particle)的a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的really and truly的(bound form) bull's-eye; target自己oneself; (attributive) one's own是的yes, that's right起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state一起(in) the same place对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon起to rise头head

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