| 自食恶果 |
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 |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 食 |
shí |
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse |
| 食 |
sì |
to feed (a person or animal) |
| 恶 |
ě |
used in 恶心 |
| 恶 |
è |
evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm |
| 恶 |
wù |
to hate / to loathe / ashamed / to fear / to slander |
| 恶果 |
è guǒ |
evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism) |
| 果 |
guǒ |
fruit / result / resolute / indeed / if really |