吐丝自缚 Traditional 吐絲自縛 tǔ sī zì fù 🔊 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) + Keep this word Meanings tǔ sī zì fù 吐絲自縛 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devisinghoist with his own petard Its characters 吐tǔto spitHSK 6丝sīsilkHSK 7–9自zìself; oneselfHSK 4缚fùto bind