吐丝自缚 (吐絲自縛) tùsī zì fú

tùsī zì fú set phrase to spin a cocoon around oneself; enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '吐絲自縛')

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 4 Supplement to the Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 續一切經音義 — count: 1
• Scroll 29 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation