吐丝自缚 — Chinese idiom
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī zì fù
Traditional: 吐絲自縛
Meaning
- to spin a cocoon around oneself ; enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- hoist with his own petard
Character by character
- 吐tǔto vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say
- 丝sīsilk, fine thread; wire; strings
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 缚fùto tie, to bind
Idioms sharing a character
- 不吐不快 bù tǔ bù kuài
- 倾心吐胆 qīng xīn tǔ dǎn
- 吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
- 吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù
- 一丝一毫 yī sī yī háo
- 一丝不挂 yī sī bù guà
- 一丝不苟 yī sī bù gǒu
- 千丝万缕 qiān sī wàn lǚ
- 严丝合缝 yán sī hé fèng
- 抽丝剥茧 chōu sī bō jiǎn
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