「作繭自縛」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: zok3 gaan2 zi6 bok3
Individual
Character Meaning:
作 write; fabricate; endeavour; product of work; to act; to do; to perform; to write; to compose; to lie; to make up
繭
自 oneself; for now; from; since; self-
縛 bind, tie up
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
to get enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; literally: to spin a cocoon around oneself
(Cant.) 好hou2多do1時si4情cing4海hoi2翻faan1波bo1嘅ge3人jan4,都dou1會wui5喺hai2關gwaan1喺hai2死sei2因jan1呢ni1個go3問man6題tai4之zi1上soeng6作zok3繭gaan2自zi6縛bok3。
(Eng.) People in troubled relationships often become trapped in trying to figure out why the relationship fell apart.
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