養癰自禍
yǎng​yōng​zì​huò

to nurture an evil and bring disaster upon oneself

  • created sense approved 养痈自祸/養癰自禍 · yǎng​yōng​zì​huò · to nurture an evil and bring disaster upon oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    养 (literal) → 养/養 · yǎng · to raise 痈 (literal) → 痈/癰 · yōng · carbuncle 自 (literal) → 自 · zì · self 祸 (literal) → 祸/禍 · huò · disaster

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    created sense