作繭

作茧
zuòjiǎn
to make a cocoon

CEDICT

  1. 蠶吐絲結繭成蛹。
  2. 比喻出仕為官。
  3. 比喻婦女懷孕。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 作 zuò
  1. to do; to engage in
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to pretend; to feign
  4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. to be; to act the part of
  6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. writings; works
2 繭 jiǎn
  1. (bound form) cocoon
  2. (bound form) callus (variant of 趼 jiǎn)

Containing this entry

作繭自縛 zuòjiǎnzìfù
  1. to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. hoist by his own petard
作繭自縛 zuòjiǎnzìfú