yǎng​yōng​zì​huò

to nurture an evil and bring disaster upon oneself

Senses

养痈自祸/ 養癰自禍 yǎng​yōng​zì​huò to nurture an evil and bring disaster upon oneself

to foster a problem or allow an evil to grow until it causes one's own ruin; to ignore a small trouble only to have it become a catastrophe later

References

same_as 养痈成患/養癰成患 养痈自祸/養癰自禍