耗子尾汁

Traditional form:

耗子尾汁

Pinyin (reading):

hàoziwěizhī

Definitions:

• you're on your own (pun on 好自為之／好自为之 (hǎozìwéizhī))

Characters:

• 耗 - to consume, to use up; to squander, to waste
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear
• 汁 - juice, liquor, fluid; sap; gravy, sauce

Traditional characters:

• 耗 - to consume, to use up; to squander, to waste
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear
• 汁 - juice, liquor, fluid; sap; gravy, sauce