搬石头砸自己的脚

bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo

to move a stone and stub one's toe

to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)

搬

bān

to move (i.e. relocate oneself)

石

shí

abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei

头

tou

suffix for nouns

砸

zá

to smash

自

zì

(bound form) self; oneself

己

jǐ

self

的

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

脚

jiǎo

foot