咎由自取 — Chinese idiom
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
Meaning
- to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
Character by character
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 由yóucause, reason; from
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 取qǔto take, to receive, to obtain; to select
Idioms sharing a character
- 动辄得咎 dòng zhé dé jiù
- 咎有应得 jiù yǒu yīng dé
- 既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù
- 难辞其咎 nán cí qí jiù
- 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ
- 率由旧章 shuài yóu jiù zhāng
- 听天由命 tīng tiān yóu mìng
- 自由自在 zì yóu zì zài
- 行不由径 xíng bù yóu jìng
- 言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng
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