造茧自缚 Traditional 造繭自縛 zào jiǎn zì fù 🔊 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) + Keep this word Meanings zào jiǎn zì fù 造繭自縛 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devisinghoist with his own petard Its characters 造zàoto makeHSK 5茧jiǎncocoon自zìself; oneselfHSK 4缚fùto bind