bān​qǐ​shí​tou​zá​zì​jǐ​de​jiǎo

backfire

搬起石头砸自己的脚 (搬起石頭砸自己的腳) bān​qǐ​shí​tou​zá​zì​jǐ​de​jiǎo
backfire
to hurt oneself by one's own actions or have one's own plot result in one's own undoing; to be hoisted by one's own petard

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