自食其果 (zì shí qí guǒ) — to suffer the consequences of one's own actions; to reap what one has sown (negative)
Definition
Literally 'eat one's own fruit' — a literary idiom meaning you face the bad results of your own wrongdoing, similar to 自作自受 but more formal and written.
idiom
to suffer the consequences of one's own actionsto reap what one has sown (negative)
Examples
- ，自食其果。Tā qī piàn le tài duō rén, zuì hòu zì shí qí guǒ.He deceived too many people and ended up reaping what he had sown.
- ，自食其果。Rú guǒ xiàn zài bù nǔ lì, jiāng lái jiù huì zì shí qí guǒ.If you don't work hard now, you will suffer the consequences in the future.
- 自食其果。Nà xiē wéi fǎ de rén zuì zhōng dōu huì zì shí qí guǒ.Those who break the law will eventually reap what they have sown.
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