作茧自缚 (作繭自縛)
zuò jiǎn zì fù
Pinyin

Definition

作茧自缚 (作繭自縛)
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zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. hoist by his own petard

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 classifier: 份 fèn
  8. 8 classifier: 项 xiàng
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
作
zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)

Idioms (20)

不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model