自食其果

zi6 sik6 kei4 gwo2

to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action · to reap what one has sown

Meanings

  1. to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action
  2. to reap what one has sown

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