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搬起石頭砸自己的腳 (bun1 hei2 sek6 tau4 zaap3 zi6 gei2 dik1 goek3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

搬起石頭砸自己的腳 (bun1 hei2 sek6 tau4 zaap3 zi6 gei2 dik1 goek3, bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo) — to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom); hoisted by one's own petard

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 搬屋 (bun1 uk1) — (verb) to relocate; to move to another place; to move house
• 搬龍門 (bun1 lung4 mun4) — shifting the goal post
• 搬家 (bun1 gaa1) — (noun) Moving
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• 搬出去 (bun1 ceot1 heoi3) — to move out (vacate); to shift sth out

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