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自取灭亡

zì qǔ miè wáng

Definitions

  1. 1. to court disaster (idiom)
  2. 2. to dig one's own grave

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Child Words of 自取灭亡

取
qǔ

to take

灭
miè

to extinguish or put out

灭亡
miè wáng

to be destroyed

自
zì

self

亡
wáng

to die

自取
zì qǔ

to help oneself to (food)