tự làm tự chịu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 自作自受 (tự tác tự thụ).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ʔ laːm˨˩ tɨ˧˨ʔ t͡ɕiw˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩ʔ laːm˦˩ tɨ˨˩ʔ t͡ɕiw˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˨ laːm˨˩ tɨ˨˩˨ ciw˨˩˨]

Verb

tự làm tự chịu

  1. (idiomatic) to reap what one sows
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