自食其果

उच्चारण: zì shí qí guǒ शाब्दिक अर्थ: Self eat its fruit

मूल और उपयोग

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.

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स्थिति: His dishonesty eventually backfired on him.

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