种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆
Traditional form:
種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆
Pinyin (reading):
zhòngguādéguā,zhòngdòudédòu
Definitions:
- 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.
Characters:
- 种 - race, kind, breed; seed; to plant
- 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- 种 - race, kind, breed; seed; to plant
- 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
Traditional characters:
- 種 - race, kind, breed; seed; to plant
- 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- 種 - race, kind, breed; seed; to plant
- 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped