作茧自缚

作
作
茧
繭
自
自
缚
縛
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard

Characters and words in 作茧自缚

作
zuo̅ = zu + o1
worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)
作
zuò = zu + o4
to do / to grow / to write or compose / to pretend / to regard as / to feel / writings or works
作 = 乍 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg and Zapatista Zebra are high-fiveing in the observatory's bathroom because they're growing so awesome Mohawk haircuts.
作
zuò = zu + o4
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works
作
作
茧
繭
to make a cocoon
茧
繭
jiǎn = ji + an3
cocoon / callus
茧
蠒
jiǎn = ji + an3
variant of 繭|茧[jian3]
茧
繭
jiǎn = ji + an3
(bound form) cocoon / (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])
自
zì = z + Ø4
self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely
自 = 丶 + 目 : A hand mirror, which someone uses to look at her- or himself. The Eye of Providence is looking at itself in a handheld mirror in the space station's bathroom. It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro attached a petal leaf to its eyes.
缚
縛
fù = fu + Ø4
to bind / to tie / Taiwan pr. [fu2]
缚 = 纟 + 尃 : Frieda Fox (fu) is binding (缚) a silk worm (纟) around the black board (尃) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) multiple times.

Words with 作茧自缚

作茧自缚 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 作茧自缚

作茧自缚 currently does not appear in any sentence.