自縛手腳

See also: 自缚手脚

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to bind; to tie	hand and foot; motion; action
trad. (自縛手腳)		自	縛	手腳
simp. (自缚手脚)		自	缚	手脚
Literally: “to tie one's own limbs”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìfùshǒujiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ bok³ sau² goek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìfùshǒujiǎo [Phonetic: zìfùshóujiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhfùshǒujiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-fu⁴-shou³-chiao³
    • Yale: dz̀-fù-shǒu-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhfuhshooujeau
    • Palladius: цзыфушоуцзяо (czyfušouczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ bok³ sau² goek³
    • Yale: jih bok sáu geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ bok⁸ sau² goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ bog³ seo² gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² pɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ kœːk̚³/

Idiom

自縛手腳

1. to restrict oneself