自食其果 zì shí qí guǒ

to reap what one has sown

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 17659th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to reap what one has sown
  2. 2. to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action

Characters

Character Meaning
自 zì HSK 3
self; oneself; from
食 shí HSK 5
to eat; food; animal feed
其 qí HSK 3
its; their; it (refers to sth preceding it)
果 guǒ HSK 1
fruit; result; indeed