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搬起石头砸自己的脚

bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo

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Definitions

  1. 1. to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  2. 2. hoisted by one's own petard

Child Words of 搬起石头砸自己的脚

石
shí

rock

石头
shí tou

stone

的
dì

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

的
dī

see 的士[dī shì]

搬
bān

to move (i.e. relocate oneself)

己
jǐ

self

石
dàn

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters

头
tóu

head

砸
zá

to smash

的
de

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

脚
jiǎo

foot

自己
zì jǐ

oneself

自
zì

self

的
dí

really and truly