tự làm tự chịu

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨ˧˨ʔ laːm˨˩ tɨ˧˨ʔ t͡ɕiw˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩ʔ laːm˦˩ tɨ˨˩ʔ t͡ɕiw˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩˨ laːm˨˩ tɨ˨˩˨ ciw˨˩˨]

Verb edit

tự làm tự chịu

(idiomatic) to reap what one sows

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