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(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice

自作自受
zì zuò zì shòu
z+ì·4th tonez+uò·4th tonez+ì·4th tonesh+òu·4th tone
Idiom
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Tom and Mary have nobody to blame but themselves.
汤姆和瑪莉是自作自受。
Synonyms
Synonyms
to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action · to reap what one has sown自食其果zì shí qí guǒ(idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back自讨苦吃zì tǎo kǔ chīto walk right into the trap自投罗网zì tóu luó wǎngstir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt · fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling惹火烧身rě huǒ shāo shēnto play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences · to get one's fingers burnt玩火自焚wán huǒ zì fénmake 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