咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
Pinyin
Definition
咎由自取
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- to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
- to bring trouble through one's own actions
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to come from (a place)
- 2 From: (in email header)
- 1 to gain
- 2 to get
- 3 to acquire
- 1 to follow
- 2 from
- 3 it is for...to
- 4 reason
- 5 cause
- 6 because of
- 7 due to
- 8 to
- 9 to leave it (to sb)
- 10 by (introduces passive verb)
- 1 self
- 2 oneself
- 3 from
- 4 since
- 5 naturally
- 6 surely
- 1 oneself
- 2 one's own
Idioms (20)
不敢自专
- 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
- 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
- 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
- 1 self-explanatory
- 2 self-evident (idiom)
人在江湖,身不由己
- 1 you can't always do as you like
- 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)