自讨苦吃
Traditional form:
自討苦吃
Pinyin (reading):
zìtǎokǔchī
Definitions:
- to ask for trouble (idiom)
- to make a rod for one's own back
Characters:
- 自 - self; private, personal; from
- 讨 - to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for
- 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
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