搬石頭打自己的腳
bān​shí​tou​dǎ​zì​jǐ​de​jiǎo

shoot oneself in the foot

  • created sense approved 搬石头打自己的脚/搬石頭打自己的腳 · bān​shí​tou​dǎ​zì​jǐ​de​jiǎo · shoot oneself in the foot — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    搬石头打自己的脚 / 搬石頭打自己的腳

    bān​shí​tou​dǎ​zì​jǐ​de​jiǎo

    shoot oneself in the foot

    to lift a rock only to drop it on one's own feet; to hurt oneself by one's own actions or through a malicious scheme intended for others

    搬 (literal) → 搬 · bān · to move 石头 (literal) → 石头/石頭 · shí​tou · stone 打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 自己 (literal) → 自己 · zì​jǐ · one's own 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 脚 (literal) → 脚/腳 · jiǎo · foot

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

    created sense