to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard
trad. 吐絲自縛
Also written 吐絲自縛【tǔ sī zì fù】
Characters in this word
4吐
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to spit, to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc), to say, to pour out (one's grievances)
- Pinyin
- tǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2590 of 2500
丝
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silk, thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips, classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
- Pinyin
- sī
- Traditional
- 絲
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3969 of 2500
自
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(bound form) self; oneself, from; since, naturally; as a matter of course
- Pinyin
- zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1586 of 2500
缚
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to bind, to tie, Taiwan pr. [fu2]
- Pinyin
- fù
- Traditional
- 縛
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 39060 of 2500