自食其果

zì shí qí guǒ

Dictionary entry

to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action

What does 自食其果 mean?

自食其果 (zì shí qí guǒ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action

2to reap what one has sown

Character breakdown

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自zì(bound form) self; oneself · from; since 食shíto eat · food 其qíhis · her 果guǒfruit · result

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自食其果

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