搬起石頭砸自己的腳

搬起石頭砸自己的腳

Chinese

		remove; transport; move remove; transport; move; shift	to rise; to raise; to get up	stone; rock	smash; smashed	self; oneself; by oneself	really and truly; aim; clear 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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bān qǐ shítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄗㄚˊ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ban cǐ shíhto̊u zá zìhjǐ de̊ jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹ chʻi³ shih²-tʻou⁵ tsa² tzŭ⁴-chi³ tê⁵ chiao³
    • Yale: bān chǐ shŕ-tou dzá dz̀-jǐ de jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ban chii shyr.tou tzar tzyhjii .de jeau
    • Palladius: бань ци шитоу цза цзыцзи дэ цзяо (banʹ ci šitou cza czyczi dɛ czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³ t͡sä³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

搬起石頭砸自己的腳

1. to shoot oneself in the foot; to have one's own plan backfire

Synonyms

• 搬起石頭打自己的腳／搬起石头打自己的脚 (bānqǐ shítou dǎ zìjǐ de jiǎo)
• 聰明反被聰明誤／聪明反被聪明误 (cōngmíng fǎn bèi cōngmíng wù)
• 偷雞不成蝕把米／偷鸡不成蚀把米 (tōu jī bùchéng shí bǎ mǐ)