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吐丝自缚
tǔ​sī​zì​fù

self-entrapment

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吐丝自缚 (吐絲自縛) tǔ​sī​zì​fù
self-entrapment
enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with one's own petard
spin cocoon
to spin a cocoon around oneself, as a silkworm does

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