造zou6繭gaan2自zi6縛bok3

simp造茧自缚

zou6 gaan2 zi6 bok3zào jiǎn zì fù

English

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

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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