造茧自缚
Word
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- Traditional
- 造繭自縛
zào jiǎn zì fù
zao4jian3zi4fu4Meaning
- to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising CC-CEDICT
- hoist with his own petard CC-CEDICT