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作法自斃
zok3 faat3 zi6 bai6
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get caught in one's own trap; fry in one's own grease; chickens come home to roost; come back to bite one in the ass [literal] make a law only to fall foul of it oneself [synonym] 作繭自縛, 自作自受 Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:作 zok3 - make; write; regard as法 faat3 - French; methods; rules 自 zi6 - self; private; personal 斃 bai6 - die; shoot dead; perish |
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