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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
t+ǔ·3rd tones+ī·1st tonez+ì·4th tonef+ù·4th tone
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to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising · hoist by his own petard作茧自缚zuò jiǎn zì fù