(n) the act that results in something coming to be, Syn. making, fashioning, Example:the devising of plans; the fashioning of pots and pans; the making of measurements; it was already in the making
[作茧自缚 / 作繭自縛, zuò jiǎn zì fúㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˊ] to spin a cocoon around oneself (成语 saw); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard#57861
[造茧自缚 / 造繭自縛, zào jiǎn zì fúㄗㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˊ] to spin a cocoon around oneself (成语 saw); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard
[いしょうさんたん, ishousantan] (n) taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something