Definition & Meaning

eat one's own bitter fruit; face the consequences of one's own action

Word usage

zì shí qí guǒ

自 食 其 果

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derogeat one's own bitter fruit; face the consequences of one's own action
- zuò è duō duān de rén bì jiāng zì shí qí guǒ
  作恶多端的人，必将自食其果。
  Those who are steeped in iniquity will one day be made to pay for what they have done.
- tā zhī dào tuī wěi zé rèn wǎng wǎng huì zì shí qí guǒ
  他知道，推诿责任往往会自食其果。
  He learns that buck-passing acts as a boomerang.
synonym
zì zuò zì shòu自作自受 jiù yóu zì qǔ咎由自取 zuò jiǎn zì fù作茧自缚 zì qǔ miè wáng自取灭亡 zì jué fén mù自掘坟墓 wán huǒ zì fén玩火自焚 zì qǔ qí jiù自取其咎 bān zhuān zá jiǎo搬砖砸脚

Word usage

Note
"自食其果" means "face the consequences of one's own action", and is mostly used in occasions of condemnation or to express the great satisfaction of seeing the punishment of an evil-doer.

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