자업자득

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from (self) + (result, karma) + (self) + (obtain)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ja'eopjadeuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ja'eobjadeug
McCune–Reischauer?chaŏpchadŭk
Yale Romanization?caepcatuk

Noun

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자업자득 (ja'eopjadeuk) (hanja 自業自得)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) making one's bed and lying in it, reaping what one sows

Derived terms

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