自作孽，不可活
zì​zuò​niè​bù​kě​huó

to bring ruin upon oneself

  • created sense approved 自作孽，不可活 · zì​zuò​niè​bù​kě​huó · to bring ruin upon oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    自作孽 (literal) → 自作孽 · zì​zuò​niè · to bring disaster on oneself ， (non_chinese) 不可 (literal) → 不可 · bù​kě · cannot 活 (literal) → 活 · huó · to live

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