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作茧自缚 (作繭自縛)

zuò jiǎn zì fù

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

作
=
亻
+
乍
茧
=
艹
+
虫
自
=
目
+
？
缚
=
纟
+
尃

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