搬砖砸脚 bān zhuān zá jiǎo

to hurt oneself by one's own doing

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to hurt oneself by one's own doing
  2. 2. to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
  3. 3. to boomerang

Characters

Character Meaning
搬 bān HSK 3
to move (i.e. relocate oneself)
砖 zhuān HSK 6
brick; variant of 磚zhuān; variant of 甎zhuān
砸 zá HSK 6
to smash; to pound; to fail
脚 jiǎo HSK 3
foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)