老蚕作茧 — “To spin a cocoon around oneself”
老蚕作茧 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to spin a cocoon around oneself”. To create one's own difficulties or trap; to bind oneself. Literally, “old silkworm makes cocoon”.
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老蚕作茧 Pronunciation and Pinyin
老蚕作茧 Character Breakdown
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他总是固执己见，不听别人的建议，结果常常是老蚕作茧，给自己制造了许多麻烦。
He always sticks to his own opinions and doesn't listen to others' advice, often ending up spinning a cocoon around himself and creating many troubles for himself.
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More idioms starting with 老
- lǎo老bù不xiǎo晓shì事old and muddled
- lǎo老zhī之jiāng将zhì至old age is approaching
- lǎo老yú于shì世gù故worldly-wise and experienced
- lǎo老sēng僧rù入dìng定deeply absorbed and still
- lǎo老bā八bèi辈zi子extremely old-fashioned
- lǎo老yī医shǎo少bo卜Each has their own strengths
- lǎo老gǔ古bǎn板an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud
- lǎo老gǔ古dǒng董old-fashioned person or thing
- lǎo老wú吾lǎo老yǐ以jí及rén人zhī之lǎo老Respect all elders as your own
- lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤Regret wasted youth in old age
- lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤bēi悲lament wasted youth in old age
- lǎo老dà大wú无chéng成grow old without achieving anything
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Open the tool →Questions about 老蚕作茧
What does 老蚕作茧 mean?
老蚕作茧 (lǎo cán zuò jiǎn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to spin a cocoon around oneself”.
How do you pronounce 老蚕作茧?
老蚕作茧 is pronounced lǎo cán zuò jiǎn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 老蚕作茧 literally mean?
Literally, 老蚕作茧 means “old silkworm makes cocoon”. It is used to mean “to spin a cocoon around oneself”.
What is the Chinese definition of 老蚕作茧?
老蚕吐丝作茧，把自己包在里面。比喻自己束缚自己。