自作孽

zì zuò niè

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Definitions

1. disaster one brings on oneself
2. to be reponsible for something bad that happens to oneself
3. to have only oneself to blame

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Child Words of 自作孽

• 作 作 zuō: worker
• 作 作 zuò: to do; to engage in
• 自 自 zì: self
• 作孽 作孽 zuò niè: to sin
• 孽 孽 niè: son born of a concubine