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自食其果
Mandarin · pinyin zì shí qí guǒ
Meanings
- to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action
- to reap what one has sown
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4–2–2–3 · zi4 shi2 qi2 guo3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zi6 sik6 kei4 gwo2
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zi6 sik6 kei4 gwo2
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verb
- to bear the consequences of one's own misdeeds; to reap what one sows
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