作繭自縛
zuò​jiǎn​zì​fù

to be caught in one's own trap

  • created reference approved 作茧自缚/作繭自縛 → 吐丝自缚/吐絲自縛 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    作茧自缚 / 作繭自縛 zuò​jiǎn​zì​fù

    吐丝自缚 / 吐絲自縛 tǔ​sī​zì​fù

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 作茧自缚/作繭自縛 · zuò​jiǎn​zì​fù · to be caught in one's own trap — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    zuò​jiǎn​zì​fú

    作茧 (literal) → 作茧/作繭 · zuò​jiǎn · to spin a cocoon 自 (literal) → 自 · zì · self 缚 (literal) → 缚/縛 · fù · to bind

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

    created sense