It serves you right.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
自作自受
(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 自作自受 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 自作自受 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Tom and Mary have nobody to blame but themselves.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 自作自受.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 自作自受.
Directly before
- 我自作自受1
- 叫做自作自受1
- 是自作自受1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 自作自受
What does 自作自受 mean in Chinese?
自作自受 (zìzuòzìshòu) means (idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice.
How do you pronounce 自作自受?
自作自受 is pronounced zìzuòzìshòu.
Is 自作自受 an HSK word?
自作自受 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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