作繭自縛
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See also: 作茧自缚
Chinese
[edit]to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make |
cocoon | from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since |
to bind; to tie | ||
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trad. (作繭自縛) | 作 | 繭 | 自 | 縛 | |
simp. (作茧自缚) | 作 | 茧 | 自 | 缚 | |
Literally: “to produce cocoon to trap oneself”. |
Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjiǎnzìhfú
- Wade–Giles: tso4-chien3-tzŭ4-fu2
- Yale: dzwò-jyǎn-dz̀-fú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjeantzyhfwu
- Palladius: цзоцзяньцзыфу (czoczjanʹczyfu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ fu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zok3 gaan2 zi6 bok3
- Yale: jok gáan jih bok
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzok8 gaan2 dzi6 bok8
- Guangdong Romanization: zog3 gan2 ji6 bog3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ kaːn³⁵ t͡siː²² pɔːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]作繭自縛