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山木自寇
shān​mù​zì​kòu

one's worth may be one's own ruin

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 山 shān noun
    mountain
    mountain; hill; range
  2. 木 mù noun
    tree
    (bound form) tree; plant life
  3. 自 zì affixadverb
    self
    (bound form) self; oneself; one's own; refers to an action done by oneself or to oneself
  4. 寇 kòu
    to invade
    (literary) to invade; to plunder or harass a border area