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自食惡果

简自食恶果 · 繁自食惡果

Mandarin · pinyin zì shí è guǒ

lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom)
fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions
to stew in one's own juice

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自: zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
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果: guǒ · fruit; result
恶: è · evil, wicked, bad, foul

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4–2–4–3 · zi4 shi2 e4 guo3

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zi6 sik6 ok3 gwo2

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