造繭自縛

Simplified: 造茧自缚

zàojiǎnzìfù ㄗㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ

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

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