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自取滅亡

简 自取灭亡 · 繁 自取滅亡
Mandarin · pinyin zì qǔ miè wáng

Meanings

  1. to court disaster (idiom)
  2. to dig one's own grave
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Characters in this entry

自
zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
取
qǔ · take, receive, obtain; select
滅
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亡
wáng · death, destroyed; lose, perish
灭
miè · extinguish; wipe out, exterminate
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4–3–4–2 · zi4 qu3 mie4 wang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zi6 ceoi2 mit6 mong4

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zi6 ceoi2 mit6 mong4

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to court self-destruction; to dig one's own grave

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