自食恶果

Traditional: 自食惡果

zì shí è guǒ

Dictionary entry

lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom)

What does 自食恶果 mean?

自食恶果 (zì shí è guǒ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom)

2fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions

3to stew in one's own juice

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自zì(bound form) self; oneself · from; since 食shíto eat · food 恶ěused in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]果guǒfruit · result

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自食恶果

zì shí è guǒ

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