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作茧自缚 / 作繭自縛 [zuò​jiǎn​zì​fù]
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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作
zuò つく.る 작
make
作茧
zuò​jiǎn
to make a cocoon
自
zì みずか.ら 자
self
縛
fù しば.る 박
to tie
繭
jiǎn まゆ 견
cocoon
自縛
じばく
being circumscribed by one's own words and actions