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吐丝自缚

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4-character word Traditional 吐絲自縛

What 吐丝自缚 means

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

The characters in 吐丝自缚

• 吐tùto vomit; to throw up
• 丝sīsilk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 缚fùto bind; to tie; Taiwan pr. fú