作茧自缚 (zuò jiǎn zì fù) | Meaning: to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

make a law only to fall foul of it oneself · get into troubles through schemes established by oneself · caught by one's own laws or device · be hoist by (or with) one's own petard · build a fire under oneself作法自毙zuò fǎ zì bì

(idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back自讨苦吃zì tǎo kǔ chī

(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice自作自受zì zuò zì shòu

to dig one's own grave自掘坟墓zì jué fén mù

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising · hoist with his own petard吐丝自缚tǔ sī zì fù

lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) · fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities画地为牢huà dì wéi láo

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising · hoist by his own petard

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