造茧自缚
zào​jiǎn​zì​fù

to spin a cocoon around oneself

  • created reference approved 造茧自缚/造繭自縛 → 作茧自缚/作繭自縛 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    造茧自缚 / 造繭自縛 zào​jiǎn​zì​fù

    作茧自缚 / 作繭自縛 zuò​jiǎn​zì​fù

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 造茧自缚/造繭自縛 · zào​jiǎn​zì​fù · to spin a cocoon around oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    造茧自缚 / 造繭自縛

    zào​jiǎn​zì​fù

    to spin a cocoon around oneself

    to be caught in a trap of one's own making; to suffer from the consequences of one's own actions

    造 (literal) → 造 · zào · to build 茧 (literal) → 茧/繭 · jiǎn · 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