作茧自缚

Traditional (Taiwan): 作繭自縛

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zuòjiǎnzìfù ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ

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

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