造茧自缚
zào​jiǎn​zì​fù

self-entrapment

  • created sense approved 造茧自缚/造繭自縛 · zào​jiǎn​zì​fù · self-entrapment

    造茧自缚 / 造繭自縛

    zào​jiǎn​zì​fù

    self-entrapment

    to spin a cocoon around oneself; to be caught in a trap of one's own making or restricted by one's own actions

    如果不愿接受新事物，无异于造茧自缚。

    idiom

    created sense