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搬起石頭砸自己的腳
简 搬起石头砸自己的脚 · 繁 搬起石頭砸自己的腳Mandarin · pinyin bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
Meanings
- to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
- hoisted by one's own petard
Characters in this entry
- 搬
- bān · transfer, move, remove, shift
- 起
- qǐ · rise, stand up; go up; begin
- 石
- shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112
- 頭
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 砸
- zá · smash, crush, break; pound, mash
- 自
- zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
- 己
- jǐ · self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
- 的
- de · possessive, adjectival suffix
- 腳
- jiǎo · foot; base, leg, foundation
- 头
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 脚
- jiǎo · leg, foot; base, leg, foundation
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Mandarin tones
1–3–2–5–2–4–3–5–3 · ban1 qi3 shi2 tou5 za2 zi4 ji3 de5 jiao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bun1 hei2 sek6 tau4 zaap3 zi6 gei2 dik1 goek3
Cantonese word readings for 搬起石頭砸自己的腳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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bun1 hei2 sek6 tau4 zaap3 zi6 gei2 dik1 goek3
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proverb
- synonym of 搬石頭砸自己的腳 /搬石头砸自己的脚 (bān shítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo)
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