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自作自受

zì zuò zì shòu

4-character word

What 自作自受 means

1. idiomto reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice

The characters in 自作自受

• 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
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer

Example sentences

• 自作自受。
  Zìzuòzìshòu.
  It serves you right.

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