Chinese–English
造茧自缚
zào jiǎn zì fù · zao jian zi fu
Traditional 造繭自縛
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- hoist with his own petard
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