作茧自缚

zuò jiǎn zì fù

Rare

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 作茧自缚

worker

to do; to engage in

self

to make a cocoon

to bind