자업자득
Korean edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Korean word from 自 (“self”) + 業 (“result, karma”) + 自 (“self”) + 得 (“obtain”)
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕa̠ʌ̹p̚t͡ɕ͈a̠dɯk̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [자업짜득]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | ja'eopjadeuk |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ja'eobjadeug |
| McCune–Reischauer? | chaŏpchadŭk |
| Yale Romanization? | caepcatuk |
Noun edit
자업자득 • (ja'eopjadeuk) (hanja 自業自得)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) making one's bed and lying in it, reaping what one sows
Derived terms edit
- 자업자득하다 (ja'eopjadeukhada)