自取其咎 — “To bring trouble or misfortune upon oneself”
自取其咎 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to bring trouble or misfortune upon oneself”. To be responsible for one's own suffering or blame. Literally, “to bring blame/calamity upon oneself”.
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如果一个人总是固执己见，不听取他人的合理建议，那么最终的失败就是自取其咎。
If a person always sticks to their own opinions and doesn't listen to reasonable advice from others, then their ultimate failure will be of their own making.
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- zì自yè业zì自dé得reap what one has sown
- zì自chǎn产zì自xiāo销produce and sell one's own products
- zì自jīn今yǐ以wǎng往From now on
- zì自jīn今yǐ已hòu后From now on
- zì自jīn今yǐ已wǎng往from now on
- zì自jīn今ér而hòu后from now on
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Open the tool →Questions about 自取其咎
What does 自取其咎 mean?
自取其咎 (zì qǔ qí jiù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to bring trouble or misfortune upon oneself”.
How do you pronounce 自取其咎?
自取其咎 is pronounced zì qǔ qí jiù in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 自取其咎 literally mean?
Literally, 自取其咎 means “to bring blame/calamity upon oneself”. It is used to mean “to bring trouble or misfortune upon oneself”.
What is the Chinese definition of 自取其咎?
咎：罪过，祸害。自己造成灾祸或自己找罪受。