Chinese Word: 作茧自缚 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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

1		tōng cháng 通常 qíng kuàng xià 情况下， yī zhǐ 一只 máo 毛 chóng 虫 dū huì 都会 zuò jiǎn zì fù 作茧自缚 … Usually, a caterpillar would spin a silken blanket to make its own cocoon...
2		tā 她 què shuō 却说， “ wǒ men 我们 dōu 都 zhǐ bú guò 只不过 shì 是 zuò jiǎn zì fù 作茧自缚 ò 哦。 ” And she said , We are all just prisoners here, of our own device.
3		bù lǔ kè sī 布鲁克斯 fā biǎo 发表 de 的 yì xiē 一些 yán lùn 言论 hòu lái 后来 shǐ 使 tā 她 zuò jiǎn zì fù 作茧自缚。 Some of Ms. Brooks' statements along the way later came back to haunt her.
4		yào bù rán 要不然， tā 他 jué bù huì 决不会 fā biǎo 发表 nà 那 jǐ diǎn 几点 shēng míng 声明 lái 来 zuò jiǎn zì fù 作茧自缚 de 的。 Otherwise he would never have trapped himself by those statements.
5		zhè zhǒng 这种 rè qíng 热情 de 的 zhǔ yào 主要 hòu guǒ 后果 qià rú 恰如 zuò jiǎn zì fù 作茧自缚。 jǐn guǎn 尽管 zhè 这 yī 一 qíng kuàng 情况 dāng shí 当时 shǐ zhōng 始终 wèi 未 yì shí dào 意识到。 This enthusiasm has one major effect that although not seen at the time, was self-defeating.

1		tōng cháng 通常 qíng kuàng xià 情况下， yī zhǐ 一只 máo 毛 chóng 虫 dū huì 都会 zuò jiǎn zì fù 作茧自缚 … Usually, a caterpillar would spin a silken blanket to make its own cocoon...
2		tā 她 què shuō 却说， “ wǒ men 我们 dōu 都 zhǐ bú guò 只不过 shì 是 zuò jiǎn zì fù 作茧自缚 ò 哦。 ” And she said , We are all just prisoners here, of our own device.
3		bù lǔ kè sī 布鲁克斯 fā biǎo 发表 de 的 yì xiē 一些 yán lùn 言论 hòu lái 后来 shǐ 使 tā 她 zuò jiǎn zì fù 作茧自缚。 Some of Ms. Brooks' statements along the way later came back to haunt her.
4		yào bù rán 要不然， tā 他 jué bù huì 决不会 fā biǎo 发表 nà 那 jǐ diǎn 几点 shēng míng 声明 lái 来 zuò jiǎn zì fù 作茧自缚 de 的。 Otherwise he would never have trapped himself by those statements.
5		zhè zhǒng 这种 rè qíng 热情 de 的 zhǔ yào 主要 hòu guǒ 后果 qià rú 恰如 zuò jiǎn zì fù 作茧自缚。 jǐn guǎn 尽管 zhè 这 yī 一 qíng kuàng 情况 dāng shí 当时 shǐ zhōng 始终 wèi 未 yì shí dào 意识到。 This enthusiasm has one major effect that although not seen at the time, was self-defeating.