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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 作茧自缚
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 作茧自缚 | zuò jiǎn zì fù | - to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising - hoist by his own petard |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 28,075 | 57,861 | 32,709 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 作 | zuō | - (bound form) worker - (bound form) workshop - (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |
| 作 | zuò | - to do; to engage in - to write; to compose - to pretend; to feign - to regard as; to consider to be - to be; to act the part of - to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) - writings; works |
| 茧 | jiǎn | - (bound form) cocoon - (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3]) |
| 茧 | jiǎn | - variant of 繭|茧[jian3] |
| 自 | zì | - (bound form) self; oneself - from; since - naturally; as a matter of course |
| 缚 | fù | - to bind - to tie - Taiwan pr. [fu2] |
Other Words Containing 作茧自缚
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 作茧自缚 | - | - | 28,075 | 57,861 | 32,709 |