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[吐絲自縛] tǔsīzìfù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
hoist with his own petard

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        tǔ/tù, to spit/to put/to say, to vomit/to throw up
        ǒutù, [嘔吐], to vomit
        tǔlù, to tell/to disclose/to reveal
        
        tántǔ, [談吐], style of conversation
        qīngtǔ, [傾吐], to pour out (emotions)/to unburden oneself (of strong feelings)/to vomit compreh...
        tūntūntǔtǔ, to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth/to speak and break off, then ...
·         Mǎkè·Tǔwēn, [馬克·吐溫], Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humoris...
        tùmo, saliva/spittle
        
        yītǔwéikuài, [一吐為快], to get sth off one's chest
        tūnyúntǔwù, [吞雲吐霧], to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)/to blow cigarette or opium smoke
        tǔzì, diction/enunciation/to pronounce the words correctly (in opera)
        
        tǔgēn, ipecac
        
        tǔsī, [吐絲], (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
        
        
        yùntù, morning sickness (during pregnancy)
        tūntǔ, to take in and send out (in large quantities)
        
        tǔsù, [吐訴], to pour forth (one's opinions)
        tǔgùnàxīn, [吐故納新], lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fi...
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        Tǔlǔfān, [吐魯番], Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
        cuītùjì, [催吐劑], an emetic
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        sī, [絲], silk/thread/trace/(cuisine) shreds or julienne strips/CL:條|条[tiáo]/classifier: a...
        fěnsī, [粉絲], bean vermicelli/mung bean starch noodles/Chinese vermicelli/cellophane noodles/C...
        
        sīháo, [絲毫], the slightest amount or degree/a bit
        sīchóu, [絲綢], silk cloth/silk
        
        
        luósī, [螺絲], screw
        Àilìsī, [愛麗絲], Alice (name)
        
        
        zhūsīmǎjì, [蛛絲馬跡], lit. spider's thread and horse track/tiny hints (of a secret)/traces/clue
        tiěsīwǎng, [鐵絲網], wire netting/CL:道[dào]
        
        
        sīdài, [絲帶], ribbon
        jīnsīquè, [金絲雀], canary
        bǎoxiǎnsī, [保險絲], fuse wire/(electrical) fuse
        luósīdāo, [螺絲刀], screwdriver/CL:把[bǎ]
        gāngsī, [鋼絲], steel wire/tightrope
        
        tiěsī, [鐵絲], iron wire/CL:根[gēn]
        
        yīsībùgǒu, [一絲不苟], not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules/meticulous/not one...
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        sīróng, [絲絨], velvet
        
        sījīn, [絲巾], headscarf/kerchief/silk neckband
        
        sīwà, [絲襪], stockings/pantyhose
        
        
        
        
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        zǒugāngsī, [走鋼絲], to walk a tightrope (literally or figuratively)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        wénsībùdòng, [紋絲不動], to not move a single jot (idiom)
        
        sīguā, [絲瓜], luffa (loofah)
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        fàsī, [髮絲], hair (on the head)
        yīsīyīháo, [一絲一毫], one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit/an iota
        
        
        
        qiānsīwànlǚ, [千絲萬縷], linked in countless ways
        
        zhēnsī, [真絲], silk/pure silk
        
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        xuèsī, [血絲], wisps of blood/visible veins/(of eyes) bloodshot
        Àilìsī, [愛莉絲], Iris (name)
        yánsīhéfèng, [嚴絲合縫], to fit tightly (idiom)/to join seamlessly/to fit snugly
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        chōusī, [抽絲], to spin silk
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        sīwǎng, [絲網], silk screen/screen (printing)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        qīngsī, [青絲], fine black hair/dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        tǔsī, [吐絲], (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
        
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        dēngsī, [燈絲], filament (in a lightbulb)
        cánsī, [蠶絲], natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
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        luósīmào, [螺絲帽], nut (female component of nut and bolt)
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        zìjǐ, oneself/one's own
        láizì, [來自], to come from (a place)/From: (in email header)
        zìyóu, freedom/free/liberty/CL:個|个[gè]
        zì, self/oneself/from/since/naturally/surely
        zìshā, [自殺], to kill oneself/to commit suicide/to attempt suicide
        zìcóng, [自從], since (a time)/ever since
        zìrán, nature/natural/naturally
        zìwǒ, self-/ego (psychology)
        qīnzì, [親自], personally/in person/oneself
        dúzì, [獨自], alone
        zìxìn, to have confidence in oneself/self-confidence
        zìháo, proud (of one's achievements etc)
        zìdòng, [自動], automatic/voluntarily
        zìxíngchē, [自行車], bicycle/bike/CL:輛|辆[liàng]
        zìsī, selfish/selfishness
        zìyuàn, [自願], voluntary
        gèzì, each/respective/apiece
        zìzai, free/unrestrained/comfortable/at ease
        zìshēn, itself/oneself/one's own
        zìshǒu, to give oneself up/to surrender (to the authorities)
        chūzì, to come from
        zìwèi, [自衛], self-defense
        zìzūn, self-respect/self-esteem/ego/pride
        zìchēng, [自稱], to call oneself/to claim to be/to profess/to claim a title
        zìzé, [自責], to blame oneself
        zìyǐwéishì, [自以為是], to believe oneself infallible (idiom)/to be opinionated
        zìzhǎo, to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions/you asked for it/to bring it on ...
        zìfù, [自負], conceited/to take responsibility
        zìdà, arrogant
        dàzìrán, nature (the natural world)
        zìzhì, [自製], to maintain self-control/self-control, self-made/improvised/homemade/handmade
        shànzì, without permission
        fāzì, [發自], to evolve from
        yuánzì, to originate from
        zìrú, unobstructed/unconstrained/smoothly/with ease/freely
        qíngbùzìjīn, unable to restrain emotions/cannot help
便         zìbiàn, to do as one pleases/to not inconvenience oneself
        zìxíng, voluntary/autonomous/by oneself/self-
        zìyánzìyǔ, [自言自語], to talk to oneself/to think aloud/to soliloquize
        gǎiguòzìxīn, [改過自新], to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
        zìqīqīrén, to deceive others and to deceive oneself/to believe one's own lies
        zìjiā, oneself/one's own family
        zìzhuàn, [自傳], autobiography
        zìzūnxīn, self-respect/self-esteem/ego
        zìránérrán, involuntary/automatically
        zìzhùcān, buffet/self-service meal
        zìzhǔ, independent/to act for oneself/autonomous
        zìzhù, self-service
        zìjué, [自覺], conscious/aware/on one's own initiative/conscientious
        zìxiāngcánshā, [自相殘殺], to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife
        sīzì, private/personal/secretly/without explicit approval
        ménxīnzìwèn, [捫心自問], to ask oneself honestly/to search in one's heart
        zìzhǎomáfan, [自找麻煩], to ask for trouble/to invite difficulties
        zìzuòcōngmíng, [自作聰明], to think oneself clever (idiom)
        zìláishuǐ, [自來水], running water/tap water
        zìzuòzhǔzhāng, [自作主張], to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative
        zìlì, independent/self-reliant/self-sustaining/to stand on one's own feet/to support o...
        zìbǎo, to defend oneself/self-defense/self-preservation
        zìjìn, [自盡], to kill oneself/suicide
        zìgěr, [自個兒], (dialect) oneself/by oneself
        zìdàkuáng, megalomania/egomania/delusions of grandeur
        zìshēngzìmiè, [自生自滅], to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
        zìshǐzhìzhōng, [自始至終], from start to finish (idiom)
        bùyóuzìzhǔ, can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
        
        zìránjiè, nature/the natural world
        zìyóuzìzài, free and easy (idiom); carefree/leisurely
        zìfén, self-immolation
        zìrán, spontaneous combustion
        zìbá, to free oneself/to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
        zìbēi, feeling inferior/self-abased
        zìkòng, automated/automatically regulated/to control oneself/self-control
        zìbàozìqì, [自暴自棄], to abandon oneself to despair/to give up and stop bothering
        zìjǐrén, those on our side/ourselves/one's own people/one of us
        
        zìjuéfénmù, [自掘墳墓], to dig one's own grave
        zìwèiduì, [自衛隊], self-defense force/the Japanese armed forces
        zìmìngbùfán, to think too much of oneself/self-important/arrogant
        zìshíqíguǒ, to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own act...
        zìdǎ, (coll.) since
        zìyóuzhǔyì, [自由主義], liberalism
        zìxìnxīn, self-confidence
        zìjǐzìzú, [自給自足], self-sufficiency/autarchy
        zìxiāngmáodùn, to contradict oneself/self-contradictory/inconsistent
        zìfā, [自發], spontaneous
        zìyǒu, to possess/to own/to have
        bànzìdòng, [半自動], semiautomatic
        wúdìzìróng, [無地自容], ashamed and unable to show one's face
        zìyú, [自娛], to amuse oneself
        
        
        zìlìgēngshēng, regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)/self-reliance
        zìxué, [自學], self-study/to study on one's own
        zìránzāihài, [自然災害], natural disaster
        zìmíngdéyì, [自鳴得意], to think highly of oneself
        zìzhì, autonomy
        zìsīzìlì, everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others/selfis...
        zìwèn, [自問], to ask oneself/to search one's soul/to reach a conclusion after weighing a matte...
        zhānzhānzìxǐ, immeasurably self-satisfied
        zìxí, [自習], to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons)/to study in one's free ...
        zìzhīzhīmíng, knowing oneself (idiom)/self-knowledge
        zìzhìlì, self-control
        zìdéqílè, [自得其樂], to find amusement in one's own way/to enjoy oneself quietly
        jiùyóuzìqǔ, to have only oneself to blame (idiom)/to bring trouble through one's own actions
        zìtǎokǔchī, [自討苦吃], to ask for trouble (idiom)/to make a rod for one's own back
        zìshíqílì, lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)/fig. to stand on one's own feet/to ea...
        zìchuīzìléi, to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
        zìránkēxué, [自然科學], natural sciences
        zìzhòng, to conduct oneself with dignity/to be dignified/deadweight
        kuángwàngzìdà, arrogant and conceited
        zìào, arrogance/proud of sth
        zìgàofènyǒng, [自告奮勇], to volunteer for/to offer to undertake
        
        zìkuā, [自誇], to boast
        
        zìài, [自愛], self-respect/self-love/self-regard/regard for oneself/to cherish one's good name...
        zìlǜ, self-discipline/self-regulation/autonomy (ethics)/autonomic (physiology)
        ànzì, inwardly/to oneself/secretly
        zìháogǎn, pride in sth/self-esteem
        zìyóudǎng, [自由黨], Liberal Party
        
        zìxúnfánnǎo, [自尋煩惱], to bring trouble on oneself (idiom)
        zìmǎn, [自滿], complacent/self-satisfied
        zìbáishū, [自白書], confession
        zìxǔ, [自詡], to pose as/to flaunt oneself as/to boast of/to brag
        xiāoyáozìzai, [逍遙自在], free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered/outside the reach of the law (of crimina...
        zìyuánqíshuō, [自圓其說], to make a story or theory consistent/to give a plausible explanation/to plug the...
        fàngrènzìliú, to let sb do whatever they want/to indulge/to give free reins to/to let things s...
        zìzhuàn, [自轉], rotation
        zìjiàn, [自薦], to recommend oneself (for a job)
        zìlǐ, to take care of oneself/to provide for oneself
        zuòjiǎnzìfù, [作繭自縛], to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devisin...
        zìyóushì, freestyle (in sports)
        zìmìng, to consider oneself to be (sth positive)
        zìwǒtáozuì, self-satisfied/self-imbued/narcissistic
        
        zìdònghuà, [自動化], automation
        jiānshǒuzìdào, [監守自盜], to embezzle
        
        
        zìránzīyuán, [自然資源], natural resource
        
        zìbái, confession/to make clear one's position or intentions/to brag
        bùyánzìmíng, self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
        zìyóuyǒng, freestyle swimming
        zìyǔ, [自語], to talk to oneself
        
        zìjū, to consider oneself as/to believe oneself to be
        zìzhǔquán, [自主權], ability to make one's own decisions
        zìcǐ, since then/henceforth
        zìqiáng, [自強], to strive for self-improvement
        zìcháo, to mock oneself/to laugh at oneself
        dúlìzìzhǔ, [獨立自主], independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination/to act independently/to m...
        zìxuǎn, [自選], to choose by oneself/free to choose/optional/self-service
        tàiránzìruò, cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves/perfectly composed
        wàngzìzūndà, ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance
        MáoSuìzìjiàn, [毛遂自薦], Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao...
        zìyóutǐcāo, [自由體操], floor (gymnastics)
        zìgǔ, (since) ancient times/(from) time immemorial
        
        zìhuàxiàng, [自畫像], self-portrait
        
        zìxiū, to study on one's own/self-study
        
        zìxuéchéngcái, [自學成才], a self-made genius
        
        
        jiéshēnzìhào, [潔身自好], clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality/to shun evil influence/to m...
        zìshì, self-esteem/self-reliance/overconfident/conceited
        zìgǔyǐlái, [自古以來], since ancient times
        zìyóushìchǎng, [自由市場], free market
        
        bùzìliàng, not take a proper measure of oneself/to overrate one's own abilities
        
        zìshù, to recount in one's own words/autobiography/written self-introduction
        
        zìzhìqū, [自治區], autonomous region, namely: Inner Mongolia 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区, Guangxi 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区...
        
        wàngzìfěibó, to be unduly humble (idiom)/to undervalue oneself
        
        zìxǐng, to examine oneself/to reflect on one's shortcomings/introspection/self-awareness...
        
        yíránzìdé, happy and content (idiom)
        
        zìgāozìdà, to think of oneself as terrific (idiom); arrogant
        zìxíngqíshì, to act as one thinks fit/to have one's own way
        zìránzhǔyì, [自然主義], naturalism (philosophy)
        zìfèi, [自費], at one's own expense/self-funded
        zìkuìbùrú, ashamed of being inferior (idiom)/to feel inferior to others
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        jìngzì, [徑自], without leave/without consulting anyone
        bùgōngzìpò, (of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc)/to be discredited
        
        zìwèi, to console oneself/to masturbate/onanism/masturbation
        zìbèi, [自備], to provide one's own.../own/self-provided/self-contained
        zìyòu, since childhood
        
        
        
        zìshàngérxià, top-down
        zìqiángbùxī, [自強不息], to strive unremittingly/self-improvement
        zìwěn, to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat
        
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        zìbùliànglì, to overestimate one's capabilities (idiom)
        yángyángzìdé, immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)/proud/complacent
        
        huǐguòzìxīn, [悔過自新], to repent and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
        zìtǎoméiqù, [自討沒趣], to invite a snub/to court a rebuff
        
        zìwǒpīpíng, [自我批評], self-criticism
        zìránshù, [自然數], natural number
        zìránfǎ, natural law
        gāngbìzìyòng, [剛愎自用], obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
        zìqiān, [自謙], modest/self-deprecating
        zìyóuwángguó, [自由王國], realm of freedom (philosophy)
        
        Mǎzìdá, [馬自達], Mazda, Japanese car make (derived from name Matsuda 松田)/also known as 萬事得|万事得
        zìránbǎohùqū, [自然保護區], nature reserve
        zìgěr, [自各兒], variant of 自個兒|自个儿[zì gě r]
        
        zìbùbìshuō, [自不必說], to not need dwell on (idiom)
        
        
        zìyóudù, (number of) degrees of freedom (physics and statistics)
        
        zìcǔn, to speculate/to ponder
        
        
        
        gèzìwéizhèng, [各自為政], to do things each in one's own way
        zìyǎng, [自養], self-sustaining/economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc)
        
        
        
        Yèlángzìdà, lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)/fig. foolish conceit
        
        zìxiàérshàng, bottom-up
        
        
        wùzì, (literary) still/yet
        zìliúdì, private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm
        
        
        zìyíng, [自營], self-operated/to operate one's own business
        
        bìguānzìshǒu, [閉關自守], close the country to international intercourse
        
        zìránxuǎnzé, [自然選擇], natural selection
        zìyóugǎng, free port
        
        zìsù, [自訴], private prosecution (law)/(of a patient) to describe (one's symptoms)
        
        zìjié, [自潔], to cleanse oneself/to sanctify oneself/self-cleaning (spark plug, oven etc)
        
        
        
        zìyì, [自縊], to hang oneself
        
        zìzhìzhōu, autonomous prefecture
        
        zìdé, contented/pleased with one's position
        
        
        zìdòngqiānbǐ, [自動鉛筆], mechanical pencil/propelling pencil
        
        
        
        liáoyǐzìwèi, to find some consolation (idiom)/to find relief in
        rènqízìrán, to let things take their course (idiom)/to leave it to nature/laissez-faire
        
        zìfùyíngkuī, [自負盈虧], responsible for its profit and losses (of organization)/financially autonomous/p...
        zìyóufàngrèn, laissez-faire
        
        Zìliújǐng, Ziliujing district of Zigong city 自貢市|自贡市[Zì gòng shì], Sichuan

        shùfù, [束縛], to bind/to restrict/to tie/to commit/fetters
        fù, [縛], to bind/to tie/Taiwan pr. [fú]
        zuòjiǎnzìfù, [作繭自縛], to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devisin...

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