「作繭自縛」

(pos:動詞)
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yue:自己嘅行為或者諗法傷害返自己轉頭，為自己帶嚟困擾
eng:to get enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; literally: to spin a cocoon around oneself
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yue:好多時情海翻波嘅人，都會喺關喺死因呢個問題之上作繭自縛。 (hou2 do1 si4 cing4 hoi2 faan1 bo1 ge3 jan4, dou1 wui5 hai2 gwaan1 hai2 sei2 jan1 ni1 go3 man6 tai4 zi1 soeng6 zok3 gaan2 zi6 bok3.)
eng:People in troubled relationships often become trapped in trying to figure out why the relationship fell apart.