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作茧 (作繭) zuòjiǎn

zuòjiǎn verb to make a cocoon
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Zoology
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '作繭')

飞蛾投火，作茧自缚(飛蛾投火，作繭自縛) like a moth flying into the flame, and a silkworm trapping itself in a cocoon
作茧自缚(作繭自縛) to spin a cocoon around oneself; enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising ; to spin a cocoon around oneself

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Scroll 3 Notes on the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 — count: 2
Scroll 9 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 2
Scroll 15 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
Scroll 4 Supplement to the Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 續一切經音義 — count: 2
Scroll 4 Notes on the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 — count: 2
Scroll 11 Notes on the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna 起信論疏筆削記 — count: 1
Scroll 2 Quotations from Abbot Ru Jing 如淨和尚語錄 — count: 1
Scroll 48 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 1
Scroll 3 Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經 — count: 1
Scroll 109 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 1 , has English translation