搬起石頭砸自己的腳 [－－－头－－－－脚]

Jyutping bun1 hei2 sek6 tau4 zaap3 zi6 gei2 dik1 goek3
Pinyin bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  2. hoisted by one's own petard
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb
    to shoot oneself in the foot; to have one's own plan backfire
    (syn.) 聰明反被聰明誤, 搬起石头打自己的脚, 聪明反被聪明误, 偷雞不成蝕把米, 搬起石頭打自己的腳, 偷鸡不成蚀把米
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    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。
    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。
    tā zài cì biǎo míng ào fāng duì gǎi shàn zhōng ào guān xì háo wú chéng yì ， shì bì duì shuāng biān guān xì zào chéng jìn yī bù sǔn hài ， yě bì jiāng bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo ．
    • 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.