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自作孽

zì zuò niè

3-character word

What 自作孽 means

1. to bring disaster on oneself

The characters in 自作孽

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 孽nièson born of a concubine; disaster; sin

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zì zuò niè correctly.
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