自食其果

النطق: zì shí qí guǒ المعنى الحرفي: Self eat its fruit

الأصل والاستخدام

This idiom describes eating (食) the fruit (果) of one's own (自其) actions - suffering the consequences of one's behavior. The agricultural metaphor connects actions to their natural outcomes, like trees producing fruit from seeds planted. The phrase reflects the Buddhist and Confucian concept of moral causation. Modern usage describes situations where negative actions return to harm their originator, emphasizing personal responsibility for consequences.

أمثلة

الإنجليزية: "His dishonesty eventually backfired on him."

الصينية: 他的不诚实最终让他自食其果。