自作孽，不可活

Chinese

	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to do evil; to commit a sin		cannot; should not; must not	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (自作孽，不可活)	自	作孽	，	不可	活
simp. ^#(自作孽，不可活)	自	作孽	，	不可	活
alternative forms	自作孽不可活

Etymology

From Mencius:

《太甲》曰：『天作孽，猶可違；自作孽，不可活。』 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

《太甲》曰：‘天作孽，犹可违；自作孽，不可活。’ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

“Tàijiǎ” yuē: ‘Tiān zuòniè, yóu kě wéi; zì zuòniè, bùkě huó.’ [Pinyin]

By the passage of the Tai Jia, "When Heaven sends down calamities, it is still possible to escape from them; when we occasion the calamities ourselves, it is not possible any longer to live."

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìzuòniè, bùkěhuó

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄝˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zok³ jit⁶, bat¹ ho² wut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìzuòniè, bùkěhuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄝˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhzuòniè, bùkěhuó
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tso⁴-nieh⁴- pu⁴-kʻo³-huo²
  - Yale: dz̀-dzwò-nyè-, bù-kě-hwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhtzuohnieh, bukeehwo
  - Palladius: цзыцзоне, букэхо (czyczone, bukɛxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡swɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ njɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xwɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ zok³ jit⁶, bat¹ ho² wut⁶
  - Yale: jih jok yiht, bāt hó wuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzok⁸ jit⁹, bat⁷ ho² wut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ zog³ yid⁶, bed¹ ho² wud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡sɔːk̚³ jiːt̚² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ wuːt̚²/

Idiom

自作孽，不可活

to bear the disastrous consequences of one's own misdeeds

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