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自生自灭

zì shēng zì mièdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to emerge and perish on its own / to run its course (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-c25133e0b54c9575. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

自生自滅 自生自灭 [zi4 sheng1 zi4 mie4] /to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 自生自滅

  • 自
    zì

    (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course

  • 生
    shēng

    to grow / to give birth / to produce / to be born / to arise / to occur / to light (a fire) / to live / to be alive / life / raw / uncooked / unprocessed / unfamiliar / strange / (bound form) student / person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life / lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very / intensely (as in 生疼[shēng téng]) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài])

  • 自
    zì

    (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course

  • 灭
    miè

    to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.