搬砖砸脚 — Chinese idiom
搬砖砸脚
bān zhuān zá jiǎo
Traditional: 搬磚砸腳
Meaning
- to hurt oneself by one's own doing
- to boomerang
- to shoot oneself in the foot
Character by character
- 搬bānto move, to remove, to shift, to transfer
- 砖zhuāntile, brick
- 砸záto smash, to pound, to crush, to break
- 脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base
Idioms sharing a character
- 搬唇递舌 bān chún dì shé
- 搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi
- 引玉之砖 yǐn yù zhī zhuān
- 抛砖引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn yù
- 添砖加瓦 tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
- 砸锅卖铁 zá guō mài tiě
- 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
- 四脚朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān
- 大手大脚 dà shǒu dà jiǎo
- 手忙脚乱 shǒu máng jiǎo luàn
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