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Meaning of 作茧自缚

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zuò jiǎn (Trad.: 作繭自縛)
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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Antonyms: 嫁祸于人
Example Sentences
1
Usually, a caterpillar would spin a silken blanket to make its own cocoon...
2
And she said , We are all just prisoners here, of our own device.
3
使
Some of Ms. Brooks' statements along the way later came back to haunt her.
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Otherwise he would never have trapped himself by those statements.
5
This enthusiasm has one major effect that although not seen at the time, was self-defeating.