自讨苦吃
自讨苦吃
zì tǎo kǔ chī
to ask for trouble (idiom); to make a rod for one's own back
verbidiom
Traditional: 自討苦吃
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- (verb, idiom) to ask for trouble (idiom)
- to make a rod for one's own back
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