作zok3繭gaan2自zi6縛bong2

simp作茧自缚

zok3 gaan2 zi6 bong2zok3 gaan2 zi6 bok3zuò jiǎn zì fù

English

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
to get enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; literally: to spin a cocoon around oneself
hoist by his own petard

粵語 — Cantonese

自己嘅行為或者諗法傷害返自己轉頭，為自己帶嚟困擾

Examples

好多時情海翻波嘅人，都會喺關喺死因呢個問題之上作繭自縛。
People in troubled relationships often become trapped in trying to figure out why the relationship fell apart.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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