自導自演 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 自导自演 zìdǎozìyǎn ㄗˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄗˋ ㄧㄢˇ to direct a movie in which one also plays a major role as an actor to plan and execute a scheme all by oneself fig. Character by character 自(zì)self 導(dǎo)transmit 自(zì)self 演(yǎn)perform A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0