[作茧自缚 / 作繭自縛, zuò jiǎn zì fú, ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˊ]to spin a cocoon around oneself (成语 saw); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard#57861[Add to Longdo]
[吐丝自缚 / 吐絲自縛, tǔ sī zì fú, ㄊㄨˇ ㄙ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˊ]to spin a cocoon around oneself (成语 saw); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard[Add to Longdo]
[造茧自缚 / 造繭自縛, zào jiǎn zì fú, ㄗㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˊ]to spin a cocoon around oneself (成语 saw); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard[Add to Longdo]
[いしょうさんたん, ishousantan](n) taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something[Add to Longdo]