produce silk to trap oneself

produce silk to trap oneself

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ǔ s ī Z ì f ù, which means that what you do hinders your freedom of action. It comes from the Song Dynasty's shidaoyuan biography of lanterns in Jingde.

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: to be bound in a cocoon

The origin of Idioms

Song Shi Daoyuan's "Jingde Zhuandeng Lu" said: "hearing the sound of law enforcement meditation, such as silkworms spinning silk."

Idiom explanation

It means that what you do hinders your freedom of action.