种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆 (種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆)
zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu
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Definition
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆 (種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆)
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- lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
- One must live with the consequences of one's actions.
- You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜,一则以忧
- 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)