自縛手腳

to bind oneself hand and foot

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

to bind / to tie / Taiwan pr. [fu2]

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:道[dao4])

foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks

variant of 角[jue2] / role