自取灭亡
zì qǔ miè wáng
Pinyin

Definition

自取灭亡
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zì qǔ miè wáng
  1. to court disaster (idiom)
  2. to dig one's own grave

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
获取
huò qǔ
  1. 1 to gain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to acquire
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
领取
lǐng qǔ
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to draw
  3. 3 to get
亡
wáng
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 to lose
  3. 3 to be gone
  4. 4 to flee
  5. 5 deceased
出自
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
取
qǔ
  1. 1 to take
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to choose
  4. 4 to fetch
取代
qǔ dài
  1. 1 to replace
  2. 2 to supersede
  3. 3 to supplant
  4. 4 (chemistry) substitution
取出
qǔ chū
  1. 1 to take out
  2. 2 to extract
  3. 3 to draw out
取名
qǔ míng
  1. 1 to name
  2. 2 to be named
  3. 3 to christen
  4. 4 to seek fame
取得
qǔ dé
  1. 1 to acquire
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to obtain
取悦
qǔ yuè
  1. 1 to try to please
取舍
qǔ shě
  1. 1 to choose
  2. 2 to accept or reject
取暖
qǔ nuǎn
  1. 1 to warm oneself (by a fire etc)
取消
qǔ xiāo
  1. 1 to cancel
  2. 2 cancellation
各自
gè zì
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 respective
  3. 3 apiece
吸取
xī qǔ
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to draw (a lesson, insight etc)
  3. 3 to assimilate
大自然
dà zì rán
  1. 1 nature (the natural world)
抽取
chōu qǔ
  1. 1 to extract
  2. 2 to remove
  3. 3 to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)

Idioms (20)

不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
  1. 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
亡羊补牢
wáng yáng bǔ láo
  1. 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act belatedly
  3. 3 better late than never
  4. 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
人琴俱亡
rén qín jù wàng
  1. 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
  2. 2 death of a close friend
以貌取人
yǐ mào qǔ rén
  1. 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
  1. 1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
功到自然成
gōng dào zì rán chéng
  1. 1 effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

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