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作繭自縛 (zok3 gaan2 zi6 bok3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

作繭自縛 (zok3 gaan2 zi6 bok3, zuò jiǎn zì fù) — to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 作供 (zok3 gung1) — to give testimony
• 作價 (zok3 gaa3) — to quote; provide a quotation
• 作動 (zok3 dung6) — to make a move; usually to describe when a fetus moves
• 作反 (zok3 faan2) — to rebel
• 作圖 (zok3 tou4) — plotting;drawing
• 作大 (zok3 daai6) — to exaggerate; to overstate; to embellish

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