玩火自焚 (wán huǒ zì fén) | Meaning: to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

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

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自食恶果zì shí è guǒ

to court disaster (idiom) · to dig one's own grave自取灭亡zì qǔ miè wáng

to invite trouble引火烧身yǐn huǒ shāo shēn

to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences · to get one's fingers burnt