自取灭亡

自取滅亡
zìqǔmièwáng
  1. to court disaster (idiom)
  2. to dig one's own grave

CEDICT

to court self-destruction; to dig one's own grave

Wiktionary

自己的作法不当而导致灭亡。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 自取 zìqǔ
  1. to help oneself to (food)
  2. to invite (trouble)
  3. to court (disaster)
2 灭亡 mièwáng
  1. to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out
  2. to destroy; to exterminate

Related entries

作死 zuòsǐ
  1. to court disaster
  2. also pr. zuōsǐ
自掘坟墓 zìjuéfénmù to dig one's own grave