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作茧自缚		Traditional Chinese
作繭自縛
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
zuò jiǎn zì fù		Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
jok3 gaan2 ji6 bok3
Short definition to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom)
Usage frequency Very infrequent
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All available English definitions to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom)MDBG iconCantofish icon / enmeshed in a trap of one's own devisingMDBG iconCantofish icon / hoist by his own petard MDBG icon/
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Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard
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