搬起石頭打自己的腳

Chinese

 
remove; transport; move; shift
 to rise; to raise; to get up stone; rock
 
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 self; oneself; by oneself
 
really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of
 role; foot; base
trad. (搬起石頭打自己的腳) 搬 起 石頭 打 自己 的 腳
simp. (搬起石头打自己的脚) 搬 起 石头 打 自己 的 脚
Literally: “lift a rock only to hurt your leg”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bānqǐ shítou dǎ zìjǐ de jiǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄉㄚˇ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): bun1 hei2 sek6 tau4 daa2 zi6 gei2 dik1 goek3
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: bānqǐ shítou dǎ zìjǐ de jiǎo
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄉㄚˇ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banchii shy.tou daa tzyhjii .de jeau
      • IPA (key): /pa̠n⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³ ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

搬起石頭打自己的腳

  1. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to hurt oneself

Synonyms

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