搬石頭砸自己的腳

Chinese

		remove; transport; move remove; transport; move; shift	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. (搬石頭砸自己的腳)		搬	石頭	砸	自己	的	腳
simp. (搬石头砸自己的脚)		搬	石头	砸	自己	的	脚
Literally: “Move a rock and smash it to one's own feet.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bān shítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄗㄚˊ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bān shítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄗㄚˊ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ban shíhto̊u zá zìhjǐ de̊ jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹ shih²-tʻou⁵ tsa² tzŭ⁴-chi³ tê⁵ chiao³
    • Yale: bān shŕ-tou dzá dz̀-jǐ de jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ban shyr.tou tzar tzyhjii .de jeau
    • Palladius: бань шитоу цза цзыцзи дэ цзяо (banʹ šitou cza czyczi dɛ czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³ t͡sä³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

搬石頭砸自己的腳

1. to shoot oneself in the foot

   • 它再次表明澳方對改善中澳關係毫無誠意，勢必對雙邊關係造成進一步損害，也必將搬起石頭砸自己的腳。 [MSC, trad.]
     它再次表明澳方对改善中澳关系毫无诚意，势必对双边关系造成进一步损害，也必将搬起石头砸自己的脚。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021, 中华人民共和国驻澳大利亚联邦大使馆 (The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia), 驻澳大利亚使馆发言人表态

     Tā zàicì biǎomíng Ào fāng duì gǎishàn Zhōng Ào guānxì háowú chéngyì, shìbì duì shuāngbiān guānxì zàochéng jìnyībù sǔnhài, yě bìjiāng bānqǐ shítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo. [Pinyin]

     It further shows that the Australian government has no sincerity in improving China-Australia relations. It is bound to bring further damage to bilateral relations, and will only end up hurting itself.

Synonyms

• 搬石砸腳／搬石砸脚 (bānshízájiǎo)
• 搬石頭打自己的腳／搬石头打自己的脚
• 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)