| 吐丝自缚 |
tǔ sī zì fù |
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard |
| 吐 |
tǔ |
to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) |
| 吐 |
tù |
to vomit / to throw up |
| 吐丝 |
tǔ sī |
(of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk |
| 丝 |
sī |
silk / thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 缚 |
fù |
to bind / to tie / Taiwan pr. [fu2] |