自食其果 (zì shí qí guǒ) | Meaning: to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

make a law only to fall foul of it oneself · get into troubles through schemes established by oneself · caught by one's own laws or device · be hoist by (or with) one's own petard · build a fire under oneself作法自毙zuò fǎ zì bì

(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice自作自受zì zuò zì shòu

guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement · the punishment fits the crime罪有应得zuì yǒu yīng dé

(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions咎由自取jiù yóu zì qǔ

persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)多行不义必自毙duō xíng bù yì bì zì bì

Lift a rock only to have one's toes squashed · lift a rock only to drop it on one's own feet · be hoist with (or by) one's own petard搬起石头打自己的脚bān qǐ shí tóu dǎ zì jǐ de jiǎo

to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action · to reap what one has sown

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