自作孽

disaster one brings on oneself / to be reponsible for something bad that happens to oneself / to have only oneself to blame

Characters and words in 自作孽

自

zì = z + Ø4

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

自 = 丶 + 目 : Mnemonic symbol: a hand mirror, which someone uses to look at themselves.

The Eye of Providence (目) is looking at itself (自) in a handheld mirror (自) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro (z) attached a petal (丶) to its eye (目).

作

zuo̅ = zu + o1

worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)

作

zuò = zu + o4

to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works

作 = 乍 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Zapatista Zebra (zu) are high-fiveing in the observatory's bathroom (o4) because they're growing so awesome Mohawk (乍) haircuts.

作

zuò

孽

niè

to sin

孽

孼

niè = ni + e4

variant of 孽[nie4]

孽

niè = ni + e4

son born of a concubine / disaster / sin / evil