自找苦吃
zì zhǎo kǔ chī
Pinyin

Definition

自找苦吃
 - 
zì zhǎo kǔ chī
  1. to bring trouble on oneself

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
chī
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 to consume
  3. 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  4. 4 to eradicate
  5. 5 to destroy
  6. 6 to absorb
  7. 7 to suffer
  8. 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
zhǎo
  1. 1 to try to find
  2. 2 to look for
  3. 3 to call on sb
  4. 4 to find
  5. 5 to seek
  6. 6 to return
  7. 7 to give change
zhǎo dào
  1. 1 to find
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely

Idioms (20)

不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
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)
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)