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作茧自缚

zuò jiǎn zì fù
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Definitions

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

Child Words of 作茧自缚

作
zuō

worker

作
zuò

to do; to engage in

自
zì

self

作茧
zuò jiǎn

to make a cocoon

缚
fù

to bind