Learn more about 自讨苦吃
| Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|
| to ask for trouble (idiom) / to make a rod for one's own back |
| Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|
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自
|
from / self / oneself / since | |
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讨
|
to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study | |
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苦
|
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly | |
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吃
|
to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2]) |
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