Read Edit View history 作茧自缚 zuòjiǎnzìfù self-entrapment Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 作茧自缚/ 作繭自縛 zuòjiǎnzìfù self-entrapment idiom · To spin a cocoon around oneself; to be enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising or hoist by one's own petard. 他原本想陷害同事，结果却是作茧自缚，自己反而被公司开除了。 Edit Delete References Add reference No references for this word.
作茧自缚/ 作繭自縛 zuòjiǎnzìfù self-entrapment idiom · To spin a cocoon around oneself; to be enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising or hoist by one's own petard. 他原本想陷害同事，结果却是作茧自缚，自己反而被公司开除了。 Edit Delete