jiù yóu zì qǔ

咎由自取 (jiù yóu zì qǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions

Characters in 咎由自取

咎jiù · fault由yóu · to follow自zì · (bound form) self; oneself取qǔ · to take

Related words

自己oneself; (attributive) one's own由to follow来自to come from (a place)自由freedom; liberty自(bound form) self; oneself理由reason自杀to kill oneself自从since (a time)自然nature取to take自我the self; oneself; self-取消to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind

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