自作自受

zìzuò-zìshòu
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to suffer the consequences of one's own actions
  2. 2 to reap what one sows

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā bù tīng quàn, jiéguǒ shēngbìng le, zhēnshì zìzuò-zìshòu.
He wouldn't listen to advice and got sick. He brought it on himself.
HSK 7-9
Fójiào rènwéi shàn'è dōu yǒu bàoying, yíqiè dōu shì zìzuò-zìshòu.
Buddhism holds that good and evil are both repaid, and that everything we meet comes from what we ourselves have done.

Tips

history
A Buddhist idea at root: whoever acts bears the fruit. The Song-dynasty 《五灯会元》 has a monk asking who must carry a huge iron cangue, and the master answering 自作自受.

Stroke Order

自 zì
作 zuò
受 shòu