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自作孽
zì​zuò​niè

to bring disaster on oneself

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  • 自作孽,不可活 zì​zuò​niè​bù​kě​huó to bring ruin upon oneself
    you have made your own bed and must lie in it; one cannot survive the disasters they bring upon themselves by their own evil deeds