自 食 其 果

zì shí qí guǒdictionary entry

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

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Original source entry:

自食其果 自食其果 [zi4 shi2 qi2 guo3] /to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action/to reap what one has sown/

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