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自讨苦吃
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What 自讨苦吃 means
- idiomto ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back
The characters in 自讨苦吃
- 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 讨tǎoto invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
- 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
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