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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「自取罪戾」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
It means to bring trouble upon oneself. Also written as “bringing trouble upon oneself”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zì qǔ zuì lì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji6 cheui2 jeui6 leui6
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