作茧自缚破茧成蝶

[zuò jiăn zì fù pò jiăn chéng dié]

Making one's own prison (the cocoon) to eventually break through and become a butterfly, which means one struggles against self-created constraints and problems to reach maturity, strength, enlightenment

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我能作茧自缚也能破茧成蝶 [wŏ néng zuò jiăn zì fù yĕ néng pò jiăn chéng dié]
This means one has the capability to create constraints or limitations selfimposed like a cocoon ...
作茧自缚化茧成蝶 [zuò jiăn zì fù huà jiăn chéng dié]
SelfTrapping Like a Silkworm to Transform into a Butterfly implies going through difficulties ...