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造茧自缚

造茧自缚 zào jiǎn zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist with his own petard
造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops
 茧 jiǎn (bound form) cocoon / (bound form) callus (variant of 趼)
 茧 jiǎn variant of 茧
  自 zì (bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course
   缚 fù to bind / to tie / Taiwan pr. [fu2]
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