吐丝自缚

Traditional form:

吐絲自縛

Pinyin (reading):

tǔsīzìfù

Definitions:

• to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
• hoist with his own petard

Characters:

• 吐 - to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say
• 丝 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 缚 - to tie, to bind

Traditional characters:

• 吐 - to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say
• 絲 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 縛 - to tie, to bind