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搬砖砸脚

bān zhuān zá jiǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to hurt oneself by one's own doing / to boomerang / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-724c0172f6db1464. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

搬磚砸腳 搬砖砸脚 [ban1 zhuan1 za2 jiao3] /to hurt oneself by one's own doing/to boomerang/to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 搬磚砸腳

  • 搬
    bān

    to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately

  • 砖
    zhuān

    brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:塊|块[kuài]

  • 砸
    zá

    to smash / to pound / to fail / to muck up / to bungle

  • 脚
    jiǎo

    foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī] / classifier for kicks

    jué

    role (variant of 角[jué])

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.