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to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences · to get one's fingers burnt

玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice自作自受zì zuò zì shòulit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom) · fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions · to stew in one's own juice自食恶果zì shí è guǒto court disaster (idiom) · to dig one's own grave自取灭亡zì qǔ miè wángto invite trouble引火烧身yǐn huǒ shāo shēn
Antonyms
kind and charitable乐善好施lè shàn hào shī
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