created sense approved 搬起石头砸自己的脚/搬起石頭砸自己的腳 · bānqǐshítouzázìjǐdejiǎo · lift a rock only to drop it on one's own feet — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
搬起石头砸自己的脚 / 搬起石頭砸自己的腳
bānqǐshítouzázìjǐdejiǎo
lift a rock only to drop it on one's own feet
to hurt oneself by one's own actions or when trying to harm others; to be hoisted by one's own petard; to shoot oneself in the foot
搬 (literal) → 搬 · bān · to move 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · up 石头 (literal) → 石头/石頭 · shítou · stone 砸 (literal) → 砸 · zá · to smash 自己 (literal) → 自己 · zìjǐ · 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