自生自灭
Traditional form:
自生自滅
Pinyin (reading):
zìshēngzìmiè
Definitions:
- to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
Characters:
- 自 - self; private, personal; from
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 自 - self; private, personal; from
- 灭 - to extinguish; to wipe out
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