作法自毙
zuò​fǎ​zì​bì

to be the victim of one's own scheme

  • created reference approved 作法自毙/作法自斃 → 为法自毙/為法自斃 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    作法自毙 / 作法自斃 zuò​fǎ​zì​bì

    为法自毙 / 為法自斃 wéi​fǎ​zì​bì

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 作法自毙/作法自斃 · zuò​fǎ​zì​bì · to be the victim of one's own scheme — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    作法自毙 / 作法自斃

    zuò​fǎ​zì​bì

    to be the victim of one's own scheme

    to suffer the consequences of one's own laws or actions; to get caught in one's own trap

    作法 (literal) → 作法 · zuò​fǎ · to legislate 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

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