自食恶果 in English zi4 shi2 e4 guo3 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiomatic expression)
• metaphorically to suffer the consequences of one's own actions
• to stew in one's own juice

Pinyin

zi4 shi2 e4 guo3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

自zi4self 食shi2to eat 恶e4see 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1] 果guo3fruit