自取滅亡 zì qǔ miè wáng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to court disaster (idiom)
  2. to dig one's own grave

CHARACTERS

自 zì
HSK 3
self, private, personal; from
取 qǔ
HSK 4
take, receive, obtain; select
滅 miè extinguish; wipe out, exterminate
亡 wáng
HSK 6
death, destroyed; lose, perish