蜻蜓咬尾巴,自己吃自己 蜻蜓咬尾巴,自己吃自己 蜻蜓咬尾巴,自己吃自己

a dragonfly biting its tail: eating itself

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Harming oneself, or using up one's own resources.
Simplified
蜻蜓咬尾巴,自己吃自己
Pinyin
qīngtíng yǎo wěiba,zìjǐ chī zìjǐ
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ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄅㄚ,ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄔ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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