自食苦果

zìshíkǔguǒ

idiom

Meanings

1 to taste the bitter fruit of one's own actions
2 to suffer the consequences of one's own behavior
3 to reap what one sows

Characters

Examples

他长期作弊，最终自食苦果。

Tā chángqī zuòbì, zuìzhōng zìshíkǔguǒ.

He cheated for a long time, and in the end he reaped what he sowed.

破坏环境的人迟早自食苦果。

Pòhuài huánjìng de rén chízǎo zìshíkǔguǒ.

Those who destroy the environment will sooner or later pay for it.

她不听劝告，现在只能自食苦果。

Tā bù tīng quàngào, xiànzài zhǐ néng zìshíkǔguǒ.

She wouldn't listen to advice, so now she has to live with the consequences.

Tips

usage

Variant of the more common 自食恶果 (zìshí'èguǒ). Both mean 'reap what you sow,' but 苦果 emphasizes the bitterness of the result, 恶果 emphasizes its evil nature.

Stroke Order

自 zì

食 shí

苦 kǔ

果 guǒ