搬起石头砸自己的脚
Traditional: 搬起石頭砸自己的腳Dictionary entry
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
What does 搬起石头砸自己的脚 mean?
搬起石头砸自己的脚 (bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.
1to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
2hoisted by one's own petard
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搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself) · to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)起qǐto rise · to raise石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei头tóuhead · hair style砸záto smash · to pound自zì(bound form) self; oneself · from; since己jǐself · oneself的deof; ~'s (possessive particle) · (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
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