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自生自滅

简自生自灭 · 繁自生自滅

Mandarin · pinyin zì shēng zì miè

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4–1–4–4 · zi4 sheng1 zi4 mie4

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zi6 saang1 zi6 mit6

Cantonese word readings for 自生自滅. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

zi6 sang1 zi6 mit6

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(idiomatic) to (let something) emerge and perish on its own; to let something go its own way