자업자득

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 自 (“self”) + 業 (“result, karma”) + 自 (“self”) + 得 (“obtain”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕa̠ʌ̹p̚t͡ɕ͈a̠dɯk̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [자업짜득]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?ja'eopjadeuk
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?ja'eobjadeug
    McCune–Reischauer?chaŏpchadŭk
    Yale Romanization?caepcatuk

    Noun

    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

    • 자업자득하다 (ja'eopjadeukhada)
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