作茧自缚 Traditional 作繭自縛 zuò jiǎn zì fù 🔊 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) + Keep this word Meanings zuò jiǎn zì fù 作繭自縛 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devisinghoist by his own petard Its characters 作zuòto do; to engage in茧jiǎncocoon自zìself; oneselfHSK 4缚fùto bind