自作孽，不可活 zìzuònièbùkěhuó to bring ruin upon oneself Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 自作孽 zìzuòniè to bring disaster on oneself To suffer the consequences of one's own actions or sins; to have only oneself to blame， bù non-Chinese 不可 bùkě auxiliaryadjective cannot to be unable to; to be impossible活 huó verb to live to live; to exist; to survive