搬起石頭砸自己的腳

Chinese

 
remove; transport; move; shift
 to rise; to raise; to get up stone; rock smash; smashed self; oneself; by oneself
 
really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of
 role; foot; base
trad. (搬起石頭砸自己的腳) 搬 起 石頭 砸 自己 的 腳
simp. (搬起石头砸自己的脚) 搬 起 石头 砸 自己 的 脚
Literally: “to move a stone and stub one's toe”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bān qǐ shítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄗㄚˊ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: bān qǐ shítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄗㄚˊ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ban chii shy.tou tzar tzyhjii .de jeau
      • IPA (key): /pa̠n⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³ t͡sa̠³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

搬起石頭砸自己的腳

  1. to shoot oneself in the foot; to hurt oneself

Synonyms

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