We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「自作自受」, with its usage explained below.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「自作自受」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
If you do stupid and bad things, you will suffer the consequences.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zì zuò zì shòu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji6 jok3 ji6 sau6
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
