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作孽
zuò​niè

to sin

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 自作孽 zì​zuò​niè to bring disaster on oneself
    To suffer the consequences of one's own actions or sins; to have only oneself to blame
  • 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
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