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吐tou3絲si1自zi6縛bok3

simp吐丝自缚
tou3 si1 zi6 bok3tǔ sī zì fù

English

  1. to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. hoist with his own petard

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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