为法自毙
wéi​fǎ​zì​bì

hoist with one's own petard

  • created sense approved 为法自毙/為法自斃 · wéi​fǎ​zì​bì · hoist with one's own petard — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    为法自毙 / 為法自斃

    wéi​fǎ​zì​bì

    hoist with one's own petard

    to be the victim of one's own scheme; to be caught in a trap of one's own making

    为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to do 法 (literal) → 法 · fǎ · law 自毙 (literal) → 自毙/自斃 · zì​bì · to destroy oneself; self-destruction

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense