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Introducing the idiom 「搬石砸腳」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

A metaphor for intending to harm others but ending up harming yourself.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bān shí zá jiǎo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bun1 sek6 jaap3/jaak3 geuk3

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