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为法自毙
wéi​fǎ​zì​bì

hoist with one's own petard

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 为 為 wéi verb
    to do
    to do; to make; to act; to govern; to manage
  2. 法 fǎ nounadjective
    law
    law; statutes; legality; (bound form) Legalism; relating to the Legalist School of thought
  3. 自毙 自斃 zì​bì
    to destroy oneself; self-destruction
    to bring about one's own destruction or death through one's own actions; the act of ruining or destroying oneself
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