zuò​jiǎn​zì​fù

to be caught in one's own trap

作茧自缚 作繭自縛 zuò​jiǎn​zì​fù
to be caught in one's own trap
(idiom) to spin a cocoon around oneself; to get enmeshed in a situation of one's own making or to be trapped by one's own actions

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0.540 per million appears in 0% of films
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0.413 per million

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