自食其果

発音: zì shí qí guǒ 字面の意味: Self eat its fruit

起源と用法

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.

使用する場面

状況: His dishonesty eventually backfired on him.

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