仰面唾天 — “To spit at the sky only to have the spittle fall on one's own face”
仰面唾天 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to spit at the sky only to have the spittle fall on one's own face”. To try to harm others but end up harming oneself; to shoot oneself in the foot; to hoist with one's own petard. Literally, “Spit at the sky with face upwards”.
仰面唾天 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 仰面唾天 mean?
仰面唾天 (yǎng miàn tuò tiān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to spit at the sky only to have the spittle fall on one's own face”.
How do you pronounce 仰面唾天?
仰面唾天 is pronounced yǎng miàn tuò tiān in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 仰面唾天 literally mean?
Literally, 仰面唾天 means “Spit at the sky with face upwards”. It is used to mean “to spit at the sky only to have the spittle fall on one's own face”.
What is the Chinese definition of 仰面唾天?
仰头向着天吐唾沫，唾沫还是落在自己的脸上。比喻本来想损害别人，结果受害的还是自己。