- to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- hoist by his own petard
Characters
- 作 (作): (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- 茧 (繭): (bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])
- 自 (自): (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 缚 (縛): to bind; to tie; Taiwan pr. [fu2]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 作茧自缚
- MDBG: 作茧自缚
- Examples with 作茧自缚 on Tatoeba
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