- 自作孽 zìzuòniè to bring disaster on oneselfTo suffer the consequences of one's own actions or sins; to have only oneself to blame
- 自作孽,不可活 zìzuònièbùkěhuó to bring ruin upon oneselfyou have made your own bed and must lie in it; one cannot survive the disasters they bring upon themselves by their own evil deeds